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I use Chrome for youtube (logged in) and FF for other browsing, i.e. both open

You can use FF with multi-account containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...), no need to have a separate browser for a Google/Youtube login. This keeps the login to Youtube/Google tabs only, others are completely separated and know nothing about your Google account. Also works for FB and other stuff, ofc.

I do actually have that installed & in use too

...just found the additional separation mentally helpful too in switching tabs.

If the adblocking in chrome is broken (manifest3 sigh) then will have to move.

That used to be me until about 6 months ago. Now FF performs as well or better than chrome, and adblocking works like a charm. I might have had to open uBlock Origin and click a few more lists several weeks ago, (for youtube, paramount plus, and hulu) but everything's grand now.

The only thing I still need chromium for is google meet :/ (and huddles in slack)

I suggest you give it a try again!

Are there any good sites to help set up ubo well? Also my local dns filter gave up yesterday in advance of the nov 1st date. I was using personaldns. I could use a good reference on options, like loading it through f-droid or using a vpn/dns filter service, or just exposing a vpn at home to use my home pihole (and eating the latency) also dns filters don't seem to stop YouTube ads even in the browser where ubo can. Is it doing some ip level filtering?

Firefox has container tabs if you don't want to leak your Google account to everything else. And it blocks ads perfectly.

Why only for YouTube? YouTube on FF with uBlock Origin still yields zero ads.

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