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What would you recommend for mobile? Browsing on Android with Chrome is a nightmare, and the last time I tried FF it was a bit sluggish (although it did allowed me to install extensions!)

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Firefox for Android is wonderful after Quantum. uBlock Origin works fine with it, and you can even use the custom filters to purge the scourge of the so called "dickbars" from your browsing experience. It's not as streamlined to use as with a mouse, but never having to see those Medium banners again makes my Internet life so much better.

Though Firefox on Android has improved a lot with the recent quantum update, you can still feel it's a little laggy as compared to Chrome.

Specifically, scrolling on Firefox feels very laggy. Also, Firefox doesn't play videos on same tab. That becomes very frustrating.

Are you sure you're using Quantum? Quantum isn't in Firefox 57 for mobile, you need the beta 58 for Quantum.

Huh, I didn't know this. I felt Firefox 56 -> 57 was a major improvement in Android too, and was sure this was due to Quantum. I wonder now if that was just placebo.

It wasn't just placebo, some parts of Quantum made it in to 57 mobile, just not everything.

"dickbars:"

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024

On mobile Android I mainly use Firefox equipped with ublock origin in order to save battery, bandwidth and boost performance.

- This helps with all types of ads for many news and reading,

- the big benefit is: opening all youtube videos on Firefox with ublock origin in order to get rid of youtube ads -

Have you tried Firefox focus[0]. I use it on a daily basis and I am quite happy with it.

[0]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/

Firefox is a LOT better since the Quantum update. Like, actually usable compared to Chrome.

A lot of websites will still look weird but still a million times better when you don't have popup windows poking your eye, also reading mode is a god send.

Brave! Chrome engine, built in Adblock, some interesting ideas about paying content creators

I've tried countless browsers on Android, as well as various adblocking plugins and services. I always found myself going back to Chrome because it just worked.

I started using Brave about a year ago and I love it. The only thing I'm missing is syncing my bookmarks between Brave on my phone and Chrome on my computer, but a year later and it hasn't bothered me enough to find a fix.

Why not try Brave for desktop? Note: I am not a Brave user, genuinely curious about your experience!

I tried Brave on desktop but UI is a bit rough for me and lacking configurability. But it does improve every time I check

Take a look at Blockada.

https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada

Firefox for Android has built-in tracking protection, which also boosts performance. You can enable it in the privacy preferences.

Firefox of course! I've been using it since the day it came out on Android. It means less phoning home to Google, and you can install Privacy Badger. Works for me like on the desktop.

Not exactly an adblocker, but on your local network you could use pi-hole.

I've been running a pi-hole vm for a very long time now. It's awesome not having a ton of ads on mobile devices.

Lightning with blocked 3rd party cookies and no Javascript. Wonderfully fast.

Brave browser. I switched from Firefox a few months ago and I love it.

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