Turd Ferg12h ago

If you're forced to use Chrome, what ad blocker do you use?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57812696

If you're forced to use Chrome, what ad blocker do you use? - sh.itjust.works

I haven’t had to think about ads in years with ublock origin, but have been forced to use Chrome for some tasks recently. What’s a good alternative?

Show threadmrnobody
Who forces you to use Chrome? I block Chrome at our org, lock down Edge pretty well with GPOs, and run Firefox as the 2nd browser of choice. I monitor/track as little as possible.
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Show threadberty12h ago
pretty common, at my work only chrome and edge are installed, you cannot use any other browser.
Show threadnutbutter8h ago
How do I become an employee of your org?
Show threadmrnobody6h ago

Hah, you don’t. We’re an org behind the times, modernizing a bunch but still very behind! Running an old ERP & WMS, no WFH, very old school mentality with everything printed on paper, communications very phone reliant, and Teams mostly sits there untouched by 90% of the org.

I’ve done well to update and modernize, but people are very set in their ways. Most people don’t get why i do what I do, but I know its for the best!

Show threadSpicyLizards6h ago

Plenty of government organisations where i am block other browser to reduce their attack surface area.

I can never understand why they default to ‘edge’ and chrome though…

Show threadmrnobody6h ago

So, funny you say that. We’re not a big company, we had a very old 100Mbs connection up into a few years ago, and with TBs of data we could never fully backup anything offsite. Sooo many other services trying to eat up bandwidth, it was a joke. I installed a couple Piholes and pointed AD DNS to them and adblocking made such a difference while browsing!! Surprisingly, Pi 3B handled 1m queries in 24 hr periods without breaking a sweat!

Edge and Chrome at very GPO friendly to lock stuff down for businesses. I do the same thing on purpose for security. Funnily enough I’ve got a couple users who hate big brother type stuff, very anti gov, conspiracy guys. I told them to get of Google and was stopped short to blab on about how Chrome is the best, etc. Fudds… Gave them a nice updated education on corporate overreach and they use Firefox and Ecosia now lol.

I like to have options, and I tend to send best practice emails out with read receipts cuz I know most of them don’t know how to ignore them. 🤓