Starter Kit to browse Web in 2024/2025 (Must-have)

UBO can block YT ads, no need to use a seperate ad blocker for YT

Lemmy could be better…

Firefox actually has their version of tempmail built in now.

it's not like a tempmail it's like proxy email to hide your actual email. So if you sign up for spam the spam will reach your actual email.
- Yeah, you can block that at any point though.

I believe LibreWolf is better than Firefox. Correct me if I'm wrong.

i actualy use both LibreWolf and Firefox

What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?

Invidous
- Currently, it is recovering from attacks from Google. Only self-hosting works reliably at the moment..
Idk it's not NewPipe or Grayjay

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.

There is also I still don't care about cookies
It's insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
Ok any tips on how to manage email addresses to minimize their exposure and spam?
- Don't give out your email to spammers. Most legitimate businesses might send quite a lot of mail, but it's very often easy to unsubscribe so do that.
- Yeah, use an email relay service like Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, the one from Proton if you have an account with them (that's SimpleLogin behind)…
  
  You can create email aliases, that will relay the email to your main address. Create a new alias for each website so they can't use your email address to correlate your identity and you can close it anytime, you can even configure an alias to only allow a set amount of messages and auto-close afterward.
- Addy.io gives you email aliases as not to expose your actual email address. Everything gets funnelled into a single inbox of your choosing still. And the great thing is that if you use a unique email alias for all services, you know instantly who leaked your email address if you start getting spam. :D
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.

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.
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.

Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.

Ublock origin already has privacy badger and no cookies functionality. Worst case nothing gets blocked. Also slower internet for you.

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.

Yeah I'm saving this thread this is good shit gotta check some of these innanet tips

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.

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.

Install the LibRedirect extension and fiddle a bit with the settings to automatically redirect to privacy respecting alternatives away from ad heavy sites.

Invidious is it effectively dead

Who knows if they can actually gnd a workaround this time. They themselves where unsure about it.

The public instances are useless at the moment.

The project isn't dead.

If you only care about a clean UI and no adds, just selt-host it. I'm doing it for a week now with no problems at all.

Google seems to have blocked all datacenter or cloud IPs from accessing YouTube.
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

NewPipe and FreeTube if you want YT subscriptions without ads

Addy.io or simplelogin for email account signups

Tubular is also good. It's NewPipe with dislikes + SponsorBlock
And SmartTube for Android TV
Firefox Relay is another free email alias generator.
- Proton pass is another
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.

Install Freetube (which has sponsorblock already), then get the FreeTube redirect addon

sponsorblock, return youtube dislike

Also setting the browser to forget all cookies.

I've been using Ghostery for years now and I don't know whether or not it's still relevant.

It's not, use uBlock Origin.

I might start using Firefox once it has proper multi-account/profile features like Chrome.

I recently tried it but it's such a hassle to set up and switch between them.

I was able to get my profiles set up like chrome eventually. I'll have to remember what I did and post back
- It's a little unintuitive, but it's there. I setup different browser instances to launch different profiles.
  
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles?redirectslug=Managing+profiles&redirectlocale=en-US

If you don’t have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu’s ads!

The first thing I do after setting a new PC is install Firefox and UBO.