I disabled Brave shields to use this site and then my phone turned into an air fryer from all the bloatware it was loading. Temps went up like 20 DC.

The spite I have for fandom… is… so… intense

Numbers go brrrr

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[–] 101 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)
  • [–] 126 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

    Also, don't use Brave.

    Brendan Eich is both vocally and financially opposed to LGBT+ equality. The browser has actively enabled targeted ads. They've actively promoted crypto and have been in bed with specific crypto brokers to promote its use. They've been adding their own promo codes to URLs for private benefit.

    They don't give a shit about privacy. Don't touch them with a barge pole.

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  • [–] 29 points 4 weeks ago*

    I don't mean to make light of the bigotry, but the fact that that fuckwad inflicted JavaScript upon the world is reason enough to hate him and avoid his shit by itself. He has a proven track record of incompetence and terrible design decisions.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

    If you don't like Firefox mobile is there another ad blocking mobile browser that you'd suggest?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Cromite has a built in adblocker but it also allows you to install extensions.

    I have Ublock Origin and Libredirect installed in Cromite on my phone.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Nah, Cromite doesn't allow extensions. Other than the built in ones, it doesn't do extensions. There was another Chromium android browser that could do extensions, Kiwi I think. But it was a smidge shady how it did its search queries so I'd avoid it.

    And side note: Cromite's Fdroid repo link is shot. It's been down for me for month, and I tried disabling VPN or switching to other countries and i either get a timeout or not found error, similsr to this forum post. So like I'd have to keep downloadong apks to keep it up to date, and I'd rather just pray every website i use works on FF than do that.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Attached is a screenshot of Cromite browser's "chrome://extensions" page with extensions installed and running. Also shown in screenshot is the Ublock Origin applet pinned to Cromite's toolbar

    Screenshot of Cromite browser as described in post

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Sheesh, you schooled me. I genuinely didn't think it had the option for them, especially since I tried to test it with libredirect's crx file. Is it because you have to enable developer mode in the chrome flags?

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  • [–] 72 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    this is extra funny because as anyone who's been to fandom without an ad blocker knows, the site is 80% aids

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  • [–] 56 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    "our site is supported by ads"

    hmmmm

    "!w fandom (website)"

    scroll down

    Owner TPG Inc. (2018–present)

    huh clicks

    "TPG Inc., previously known as Texas Pacific Group and TPG Capital,[4] is an American private equity firm based in Fort Worth, Texas,[3] with primary offices in New York City and additional offices in Washington, D.C., Miami, San Francisco, and internationally. TPG manages investment funds in growth capital, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments. The firm invests in various industries, including consumer/retail, media and telecommunications, industrials, technology, travel, leisure, and health care."

    interesting..hm, i see. lets what else?

    Revenue Increase US$4.67 billion (2025)[1]  
    Net income Increase US$185 million (2025)[1]  
    AUM	Increase US$245.9 billion (2024)  
    Total assets	Increase US$13.5 billion (2025)[1]  
    Total equity	Increase US$4.14 billion (2025)  
    

    fascinating

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  • [–] 31 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Fandom has become progressively more fucked and unusable over the years. Can’t remember the last time I visited that site, it’s been a long while, but I remember being more than mildly infuriated.

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  • [–] 58 points 4 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Firefox with Ublock Origin doesn't have this issue. (Or whatever Firefox derivative you prefer.) Please stop using Chromium-based browsers. Google is actively trying to kill adblocking. Stick with Gecko.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 weeks ago*

    How to allow ads on school & corporate networks

    Seems pretty fucking sketchy. "Please use these tricks to bypass your admin"

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  • [–] 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Obligatory https://getindie.wiki/

    Don't use fandom, use other wikis if you can. The extension also has breezewiki support for the fandom sites that don't have alternatives

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    Antifandom.com works great to avoid them

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  • [–] 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Fandom is such a shitshow... I was part of a wikia based wiki for more than a decade and experienced the transition following the buyout rebrand to fandom/curse (it apparently wasn't a buyout, sure felt like one though).

    The first thing they did was fire almost all the local staff and replace it with their people, then the enshittification began; they introduced a new discussion feed to replace the forum function (which was basically just lazy a Twitter clone). It was completely separate from the main wiki and pretty much killed off that side of the community. There were a lot of users that just used that without ever stepping a foot into the main wiki, which obviously isn't very helpful when the site relies on users to create and maintain articles.

    They also trippled the amount of ads on the site and introduced a new layout that fucked up the old one we had meticulously created.

    I left that place in 2017 and so did pretty much all of the users and admins I knew. Once one of the top ten German language wikis, it's pretty much abandoned now.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 weeks ago

    Well thats because brave is shit. Try a firefox fork like waterfox with ublock origin.

    I just did and had 0 issues.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 weeks ago

    Gotta hit up breezewiki.com.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago

    Please allow my dick and balls in your face, Fandom 🖕

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

    You should use the plugin Indie Wiki Buddy. It's better than the people saying "just use Breeze Wiki." It actively transfers you to the indie wiki option even when you select a Fandom link (if you have the option set). It also does a lot more than just Breeze Wiki. You can toggle certain wikis on or off and set their priorities. For example, some games won't have a Breeze Wiki page, but they will have some other Wiki, and this handles that without you having to think about it.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago

    Ohh, look at that, another website disappears from the net. Need to start taking any site that does that shit and spread it out on nomadnet

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  • [–] 19 points 4 weeks ago

    The root cause is going to Fandom in first instance.

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  • Use a decent browser and install uBlock Origin, it's the best ad blocker :)

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    What happens if you tap "I'm not using an ad blocker"?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago

    Fandom is pure evil. We should all get rid of it.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    Tap or click the URL, change "fandom" to "antifandom"

    Been doing that to skip the annoying kid/adult popup

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    I block and and all sites that demand I turn off adblockers. Like, they don’t even show up in searches.

    UBlacklist FTMFW.

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  • "Please allow ads on this site"

    LOL, lmao even.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago

    there should be a libredirect extension that gives you a bit slower but open platform instead of crap like this.

    also as every comment said before, dont use brave. try fennec or ironfox.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

    Agreed and upvoted but the browser is good. It works better than pretty much anything out there especially on android. Firefox for me is getting slower on desktop for some reason. Websites take a lot of time to load.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    Have you tried Firefox on Android? You can actually have plugins. It's the only mobile browser I know of that supports that.

    I haven't had your issue with Firefox getting slower though. I use Zen, but it's still Firefox and it seems fine. Maybe it's just the mainline branch getting slower? Could it be AI? Do you have it toggled off?

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  • [–] -2 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    I tried literally everything (troubleshooting mode, uninstall all extensions, use the default state on a new profile, use the default state on a fresh install, use arkenfox user.js, etc) before installing brave origin. Even tried Librewolf. But seems like a Gecko issue for me. I was later told to diagnose what is slowing it down using the network tab but I had already switched by then and didn't want to troubleshoot anymore when Brave Origin works flawlessly for me.

    Also on Android I don't need any plugins other than an ad-blocker which brave has built in. Only downside to Brave is that I have to turn off their Crypto bullshit. So yeah brave ticks all the boxes for me currently.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    I didn't think I needed plugins on mobile until I had the option. I still don't have as many as desktop, but there are some incredibly useful ones. things like Indie Wiki Buddy, for avoiding Fandom, as an example.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    My use-case for browsers is just searching stuff, opening a website, reading stuff—the basics. Even on desktop the only extensions I use other than ad-blockers are Bitwarden, Sponsor Block and Return YT dislikes.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Since you're into YouTube extensions, also consider adding Enhancer for YouTube and DeArrow. The former adds more features to the player (my favorite is the ability to fine-tune playback speed with the scroll wheel), and the latter removes the clickbait thumbnails and returns to the old method of auto-generating the thumbnail (taking a screenshot of an interesting segment of the video and using that as the thumbnail, just like the old days). That way the content has to actually be interesting before I consider clicking on it.

    And on Android the only thing you need is YouTube Morphe, which is a modded version of the YT app that includes an adblocker, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, Enhancer, an AI slop filter—and so much more—built right into the app. It's a must-have for any Android user who watches YouTube.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago*

    I use this bullshit to redirect from Fandom links:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/10187i7/how_to_filter_out_the_fandom_wiki_in_google/


    1. Install uBlock Origin extension (available for both Chrome & Firefox)
    2. Click on the extension, go to Setting (or Dashboard), go to My Filters.
    3. Paste in the bottom
    google.*##.g:has(a[href*="pathofexile.fandom.com"])
    google.*##a[href*="pathofexile.fandom.com"]:upward(1)
    

    But for any Fandom links.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago

    Breeze wiki is already mentioned but to automatically avoid this nonsense in the future I like libredirect.

    https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago

    Wikia is actual cancer. Dont validiate their claim to a concept they have no right to.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago*

    I just browse Fandom pages using Internet Archive (or sometimes other archival sites except for Archive.Today and I won't be explaining why here)
    Also Fandom has not been good in years there where controversies such as: that incident Mcdonalds paid turning the Grimace page into a ad,intrusive ads,not much protection against vandalism and so on...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    There's more than one way to skin a cat.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Fandom really is the Valnet of wikis

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Fandom.com suuuuuuuuucks

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    Never had a problem getting on that shit site. It’s Safari ands Wipr2 on t my phone or it’s that or Firefox with uBlock Origin on the desktop.

    These sites are fighting for the scraps while more and more people just ask the chatbot for the information.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    Tvtropes has it too now.

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    God bless weirdgloop

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    I use the app Wikipanion to access fandom wilis on my phone

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  • [+] -9 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    As someone who has used AdBlocker for as long as I can remember, I can't come up with a single reason why sites should allow it. Exact same thing with the YouTube controversy. Of course I don't like that they're trying to prevent me from blocking the ads but I sure don't blame them for it. Using an adblocker doesn't necessitate for me to come up with justifications for convincing myself that what I'm doing is actually moral because it's not. I'm perfectly capable of holding both of these two thoughts in my mind at the same time.

    My test for whether behaviour is good or not is to consider what the world would be like if everyone did what I do and whether we'd all be better off for it. There one thing is for absolute certain: YouTube would not exist as a free platform. It would either not exist at all or it would be a subscription-based only.

    You can have an ad-free service or you can have a free one but you can't have both and demanding that is ridiculous. Even now, the sole reason you're able to use Lemmy for free is because someone else is willing to take the financial hit by paying for the instance upkeep. We all just take it for granted.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    If you're old enough, you remember that people put content up for free on the pre-Youtube internet and it was a much better place when made up of only enthusiasts and hobbyists. If Youtube and all its users treating the internet as a vessel for making money went away it would be glorious.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago

    Someone is still paying for hosting that content. That works for text, pictures and gifs but once you move to videos it starts getting expensive. I too put content on YouTube without any intention to make money from it but I still understand that it costs YouTube money.

    I'm all for passion projects but it still needs to be sustainable one way or another.

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