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Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers (www.ghacks.net)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (22 children)

I'm wondering if Chromebooks can run Firefox? I'm guessing not. I know you can install adblockers on them. Not after mid-2024, I guess.

It really sucks that an affordable notebook computer means getting locked into an advertising system. You can get a Chromebook for under $100 and they have a very, very easy-to-use OS. They're great for poor people and elderly people.

So much for putting an adblocker on Grandma's computer now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I've installed the Android version of Firefox on my wife's Chromebook via the Google Play store. There's also a way to enable Linux within ChromeOS and install the more full fledged version of FF.

See: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/chromebook/

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