Links that open natively in Sync (like news articles) are often riddled with ads. Is there any way for the Sync shell to open through a Firefox based browser, which includes native ad block?
I'm not sure if this is related to what browsers I have on my phone. I do have one chromium based browser (kiwi) installed, and if getting rid of that would fix the problem I could look into deleting it and leaving only FF on my phone. But I'm not sure if it's related.
10 Comments
Edge004@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Try setting firefox to your default browser. That made it work for me.
rdyoung@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Seconded. This is the answer.
ictinus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I also set private DNS to dns.adguard.com
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Ah thanks, that worked, or mostly anyway-- there's still a space for ads but they don't load, whereas on FF the spaces aren't even there.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Didn't do anything unfortunately. Using a private DNS worked mostly, so I guess that's good enough for now
radix@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
In the setting under link handling, you can change the browser to "external" which uses your default.
jezza@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Settings shortcut: Link handling > Default browser
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
True. The internal sync browser loads slightly faster but it's pretty much 1st world problems I suppose.
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
The dev is working on a native adblocker for Sync.
tb_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I have Firefox as my internal browser (probably because I disabled Chrome?). But add-ins don't work in the internal browser, only when links are opened externally.