For context, this popped up as I went to the youtube homepage. This is absurd. Of course, I have uBlock Origin, so it doesn’t matter to me regardless, but there’s no way to say no.

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    24 hours ago

    Hey can you remind me how to get ublock origin? I used it years ago but between getting different phones and mandatory software updates, it always gets lost so I don’t remember how I got it. Is it only available on a certain browser? I’m currently using Vivaldi browser for some reason because some tech savvy person recommended it.

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      22 hours ago

      Depends on different devices. On iphones and chrome based browsers (like vivaldi), you can’t really install ublock origin. You need to use firefox or a phone browser that already has adblocking functionality like duckduckgo browser or brave. If you’re on android then the firefox app can install the ublock origin extension.

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      22 hours ago

      vivaldi is chromium-based. therefore uBo does not exist.

      i, therefore, recommend floorp browser. it has a lot of features like vivaldi, but it’s based on firefox. so uBo (and a bunch of other great extensions google hate) DOES exist.

      if you want, you can keep using the builtin adblocker of vivaldi. but keep in mind it’s nowhere close to uBo.

      (uBo=uBlock Origin)