If you don’t have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu’s ads
What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?
Invidous
Drop IDCAC and Privacy Badger, add consent-o-matic, sponsorblock and bypass paywall clean.
Check Arkenfox for Firefox config and extension recommendations.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
Only use temp mails for unimportant, one-shot account, otherwise use an email relay.
Why drop privacy badger? It’s been working well for me.
Because it doesn’t bring anything more than Firefox in strict mode and uBlock Origin.
FF blocks Facebook et al widgets in strict mode now? This is news to me, news indeed. Thanks for the tip
It also has built-in Facebook Container to isolate Facebook links.
It’s insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
Yeah I’m saving this thread this is good shit gotta check some of these innanet tips
Ublock origin already has privacy badger and no cookies functionality. Worst case nothing gets blocked. Also slower internet for you.
Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.
What’s ctrl-p do?
It opens a PDF version of any webpage. It may break some elements, but often gives access to text hidden behind paywall popups.
I’d actually recommend consent-o-matic instead of IDCAC. It actually selects the minimum concent for you instead of just hiding it.
EDIT: Ignore my blind confidence. CAD is (mostly) broken in recent FF versions. (See ivn’s reply to this post).
Consent-o-Matic with Cookie Auto Delete and Firefox’s Multi-Account Container tabs covers it all nicely for me.
Cookie banners get handled, cookies I don’t explicitly want to keep automatically disappear when I leave the site/close the tab, and those I do want to keep can be given their own containers to keep them separated.
Cookie autodelete doesn’t work with strict mode and you should use strict mode. Just drop it.
You don’t need an extension to auto remove cookies with Firefox.
You’re right. I’ll be damned. That’ll teach me to set-and-forget then not keep up with changes to Firefox and their effects on extensions. Thanks for the heads up.
I use uBlock Origin’s picker mode instead. It lets you select which element you want block. It works on other annoying notices, popus and annoying stuff not just cookie notices
clicking the cookie notice away with the picker mode doesn’t mean the cookies don’t apply.
it would illegal if cookie apply before you accept, so just hide should work.
but bet they do it anyway.
I’m not saying my setup is any better, but it currently looks like this:
- Firefox
- UBO
- SponsorBlock
- Return YouTube Dislikes
- DeArrow
- Archive.ph
I’m open to suggestions if anybody knows any better alternatives. I’ve had mixed luck with services that filter out YouTube’s crap.
IDCAC should not be on this list since it was compromised, ABP-style. consent-o-matic is probably better but the most direct replacement is “I Still Don’t Care About Cookies”.
Doesn’t the “EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices” filter in uBlock’s settings do the same thing as IDCAC / consent-o-matic?
iI think consentomatic scripts the opt-out interaction. idcac probably just hides the popup.
Invidious is it effectively dead
Who knows if they can actually gnd a workaround this time. They themselves where unsure about it.
When the alternative is dealing with the absolute horseshit quantity of ads that YouTube desperately wants to shovel down my throat, I’ll take Invidious any day of the week.
It may not be in perfect condition but it’s still good enough to use!
Ublock origin blocks YouTube ads though
Be careful with using Privacy Badger and uBO together as it might get in each other’s way. I had YouTube detect me having ad block until I paused Privacy Badger for YT.
Also setting the browser to forget all cookies.
Install the LibRedirect extension and fiddle a bit with the settings to automatically redirect to privacy respecting alternatives away from ad heavy sites.
Install Freetube (which has sponsorblock already), then get the FreeTube redirect addon
NewPipe and FreeTube if you want YT subscriptions without ads
Addy.io or simplelogin for email account signups
Invidious works cross device in the browser though. Handles subscriptions just fine.
On Iphone its the only proper option.
I do run my own service, ymmv using a public one.
Firefox Relay is another free email alias generator.
Proton pass is another
Proton acquired Simplelogin (or partnered?) so it’s one and the same. There’s a chance you may be able to get more aliases by using both the simplelogin and the proton accounts though…
A paid proton account can have infinite aliases
The limit for Proton itself is so generous I haven’t needed to. I have an alias for almost every single online account I have, and it’s all built in to the password manager. Very handy.
I have capped the whole 3 services :|
I have a my personal mail server send stuff to my aliases and they relay it to proton
