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A project log for Raspberry Pi 400 Daily Driver

Learning to use a Raspberry Pi 400 laptop as an everyday computer and sharing the results.

dustinDustin 04/09/2022 at 17:050 Comments

I thoroughly despise the modern internet with its countless ads and interruptions. A little while back I installed the Firefox web browser on my Pi 400, and added the uBlockOrigin extension. Life has been so much better on the little Pi. I ended up liking it so much I installed Firefox on my Android phone and watch all my YouTube videos there. The difference is so profound that my friend saw it and wants me to get him ad free browsing and YouTube on his smart TV. Ads waste so much time and data that it should be a crime. I shouldn't have to search for the close buttons and click off ads and various requests every few seconds on a website. When I encounter that, I immediately leave the site. Firefox with uBlockOrigin is an excellent way to thin the herd of online ads, and has the benefit of reducing the Google data mining on my Pi. I watch a fair amount of YouTube videos on various topics, and the ads are horrendous. It's far better now, with no ads cutting in mid word, multiple times in a short video. I'm working on building a life that does not require internet to run, but until then, I am stuck with all the garbage being thrown at me. Thanks Mozilla for making Firefox. I rather enjoy it.

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