PrivacyGuides@Lemmy.one: What are benefits for using privacy friendly frontends for apps like Reddit and YouTube compared to accessing them and using UBlock Origin? - eviltoast

It seems like the main benefit of such frontends is the lack of trackers and fingerprinting, but what if the browser, like Firefox, already did that with UBlock Origin and fingerprinting protection?

  • FeelzGoodMan420
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    4 months ago

    You shouldn’t have to mess with anything. Just update the filters. I still haven’t ever seen a single youtube ad on my desktop PC with ublock origin and Firefox :-).