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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026

What's more, these measures really only work on *desktop* browsers, because mobile browsers are apps, and are severely limited by law and mobile operating systems, making it hard-to-impossible to customize them so that they'll respect your rights. 20/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026

This is true of all mobile browsers, but it goes triple for iOS (iPhones and iPads): pluralistic.net/2022/12/13/k... Finally, this mostly only works on *Firefox*, and it works *worst* on Chrome, Google's monopolistic browser. 21/

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Pluralistic: Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices (13 Dec 2022) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026

When it comes to customizing your browsing experience to get rid of annoyances like dickovers and ads, Chrome is hands-down the worst choice, and Google is about to make it much, much worse, forcing a change that will kill the most popular blockers. 22/

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

For what is worth: Firefox on Android has a plugin store that includes Ublock Origin and others. It's the closest in terms of feature parity with its desktop version.

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