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Cursed Firefox Addons. A fun list of things you should NOT add to your browser. (addons.mozilla.org)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/firefoxbrowser@feddit.de

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Firefox is an awesome Browser platform. Its not perfect out of the box, and most certainly Mozilla doesnt care to remove proprietary tracking addons from their store.

Lets gather some more addons that you should not install!

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

It would be helpful to have a description of WHY these add-ons should not be added on.

[–] flumph@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

This list without details on why each addon is cursed isn't very useful.

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why is Ghostery on this list?

[–] muffinmaster1024@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As far as I remember they sold user data and show unwanted pop-ups. There are definitely better options out there.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ah I see, I'll remove them right now. Though, I do like the no consent feature to decline cookies.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Disconnect was the better alternative in the past, but I think uBO fully covers all its features now.

[–] muffinmaster1024@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i use "Cookie Autodelete" and "I still don't care about cookies" for that.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I still don’t care about cookies does not decline cookies. It gives consent to those it can't hide the banners of. And in doing so gives consent to their practices.

Maybe not an issue for sites you visit anonymously. But when you log in or are otherwise traceable, you're consenting to their practice.

I've never installed addons that automatically give consent. The uBlock Origin lists cover most websites anyway.

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

fyi - if you share a link with no language signifier; amo resolves to the user's browser language

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Nice!