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I recently had to install Firefox and windows so I could throughly test something

Holy Hell is the praise for this product misplaced. Maybe if you installed it long enough ago it preserves your choices and hides the garbage?

It’s like modern website full of pop up ads and garbage. There’s like 10 different scammy things in your face you have to figure out how to hide or disable

I’d pick Edge, if I had to pick either, after this experience

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> I’d pick Edge, if I had to pick either, after this experience

Doesn't Edge have the same problem?

Probably. But my expectations for Firefox were much much higher, so the disappointment / surprise factor here is what’s so big for me, I guess

I also dislike the choices the product team of Firefox is doing. However, it is the only (afaik) major browser distro that has support for a proper adblocker, so I grind my teeth and remove homepage widgets and tab suggestions and weather forecasts.

Helium browser is Chromium based but still supports uBlock Origin (they haven't deprecated MV2 yet)

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