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   On 12/19/25 3:53 PM, VanguardLH wrote:   
   >AJL  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Stan Brown wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Article at   
   >>> https://lifehacker.com/tech/hacks-every-android-user-should-know   
   >>>   
   >>> Some of the tips are better than others.   
   >   
   >And some only apply at, or after, some minimum version of Android.   
   >Several of the tricks are not available in my ancient Android 8 phone.   
   >   
   >> When opening this site in a Chrome browser (on this Chrome tablet I'm   
   >> posting with) the ads and notification popup request were annoying.   
   >> However when I used the disable Javascript extension OR the Reader   
   >> View extension things were much better. And for those of you who   
   >> dislike Chrome stuff the same extensions in my Firefox app work just   
   >> as well...   
   >   
   >I use Edge (the Chromium version).  While it uses the Blink rendering   
   >engine and V8 script intrepreter from the Chromium project, it has some   
   >additional features missing Chrome, plus some settings to make it more   
   >private.  In Edge-C, I can use extensions for either MS or Chrome.  The   
   >MS store lists those extensions that have been curated for use with   
   >Edge.  If not listed there, I go to the Chrome extensions store.   
   >   
   >Because Google forced Chromium variants to Manifest v3 that fucked up   
   >(reduced) the strength of adblockers, I use the Adguard Adblocker.  I   
   >think it comes pre-installed in Edge-C.  It isn't as robust as uBlock   
   >Origin in Firefox, like the element hider feature is missing, but it   
   >does pretty well to eliminate the crap content.  Unlike uBlock Origin   
   >Lite, the MV3 version of uBO (needed in Chromium variants), Adguard   
   >Adblocker lets me define user filter using the Adblock Plus syntax   
   >(which I'm still clumsy with, so it takes a while to get a working,   
   >effective, and focused filter for what I'm trying to block in addition   
   >to the subscribed blocklists.  There is also a log view: enable logging,   
   >[refresh or] load a web doc, and look at the logs to determine why   
   >something may not be working at a web site.   
   >   
   >With Edge-C and Adguard Adblocker (maxed out on all its settings), I   
   >don't see the ads that impinge your experience at that web site.  You   
   >should be able to use the Adguard Adblocker extension in Chrome, too.   
      
      
      
   Unfortunately the Android Chrome Browser app does NOT support extensions. So   
    when I'm using one of my Android tablet toys I usually use the Firefox app   
    instead which is fully extension stocked.   
      
   Since I prefer mostly reading the news I often use the Android Dolphin   
    browser app in which I PERMANENTLY turn off JavaScript and all cookies.   
    This gives me just the article's text and pictures 95% of the time and   
    makes for quick reading. If I must read an article that fails I could just   
    switch browsers but usually it's just not worth the hassle and don't.   
    YMMV...   
      
      
      
   >For Edge-C, it's listed at:   
   >   
   >https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/adguard-adblo   
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   >   
   >For Chrome, it's listed at:   
   >   
   >https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adguard-adblocker/bgnk   
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