What browser extensions do you use?

uBlock Origin

Decentraleyes

Consent-o-matic

These are essential to me. Consent o matic automatically fills out cookie pop-ups by opting out of everything for you. Some of these cookie things take a while to process which shows how devious they are set up

just installed darkReader, my retinas are thanking me

Looking at the comments, interest in privacy and adblocking seem high. But the actual addons suggested here are often redundant or even worse, make you easier to track. Instead, take a look at the Arkenfox wiki, which is more or less the gold standard for browser privacy. Both LibreWolf and Mullvad Browser, practically the most privacy/anonymity oriented browsers out there, right behind Tor, either rely on it or stick very closely to it.
I highly recommend reading the entire wiki from the start. You dont have to do everything it says, obviously, but even if you dont do anything it will give you a better understanding of browser privacy. And lastly, do not use Chrome or any chromium based browser if you care about privacy and a free and open internet. Even if you only use a chromium based browser, you help increase googles monopoly.

Thank you 00 and crius for introducing Mullvad. Been looking for a VPN that doesn’t lock you into any subscription plans.
- Mullvad VPN is great! Though I was talking about the Mullvad Browser (which is great as well and integrates well with their VPN service).
An extra thumbs up for mullvad vpn from me. It's a bit more costly than the mainstream ones but you don't have to subscribe to any plan. Just pay month by month, absolutely no personal data needed.

I love these types of posts. From the outset they seem mundane, but they are discussion provoking and I'm able to learn of new things at the same time.

My list (Firefox) 🙃

Some of you have a LOT of addons, jeez.

Edit: Updated to use the /still/ don't care about cookies addon. Thanks @stepan@lemmy.fmhy.ml

Don’t Fuck With Paste
You don't need an addon for this one. Search about:config for com.event.clipboardevents.enabled and double click on the key (set it to false). It should take care of that for you.
Definitely installing the cookie one
Wasn't I don't care about cookies acquired by Avast or something? I don't exactly remember why, but in response to something like that, community edition I still don't care about cookies was created and I'm using it since then.
- Good to know, I'll check that out thanks!

Millenials to Snake People.

This is incredible, I have to try it. As a cloud to butt user I want to get a combo somewhere

Bitwarden
Sponser Block
LibRedirect
Decentraleyes
Cookie Block
NoScript
UntrackUrls
Firefox Containers
TOS;DR

I don't see any love for sidebery here, sadge

We’re here! Handfuls of us!
- Dozens even!!!

Not much myself to be honest.

uBlock Origin, to make the web a bearable experience
Yomichan for learning Japanese

And that's it. I don't really need much more.

uBlock Origin
Privacy Badger
HTTPS Everywhere
Firefox Relay
NoScript (off 99% of the time since it's not really needed)
RES (until reddit does some stupid shit and bans it or something so I can finally quit it entirely)
TinEye Reverse Image Search

That's basically it. But after reading a few comments I added:

Consent-o-matic
Decentraleyes

uBlock Origin
Bypass Paywalls Plus
I don't care about Cookies
Cookie AutoDelete

The Cookie addons work wonderfully together. IDCAC just accepts every cookie banner automatically, AutoDelete removes them after the tab was closed.

uBlock Origin
Startpage
Firefox Relay

Holy shit. I admire the organisation and love the documentation, but holy addon, batman! thats a lot!

Audio Only for YouTube™
Better Twitch Adblock
BetterTTV
Channel Blocker
Dark Reader Gumbo: Twitch Companion
HTTPS Everywhere
LeechBlock NG
MAL-Sync
NoScript
Return YouTube Dislike
ScrewMyCode: Pitch control for YouTube
Truffle
uBlock Origin
Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos
Violentmonkey

from https://beehaw.org/comment/80030:

uBO, of course. note: you guys don't need ClearURLs with this list added.
LibRedirect for automatically opening Youtube, Twitter, TikTok etc. links in their privacy-focused front-ends. I just make sure to disable all the instances by esmailelbob since he's a little homophobic shithead
Buster for automatic captcha solving
Consent-O-Matic automatically clicks through cookies banner to deny all the cookies that aren't necessary, which I like better than just hiding the cookie banner
Redirect AMP to HTML because fuck AMP and fuck Google

also make sure to check the "do not bother" list here: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

Lots of great recommendations in this thread. One I use and didn't see mentioned yet is StreetPass. It automatically saves any Mastodon rel="me" verification links you come across while browsing. I've found it very useful for finding interesting accounts to follow

uBlock Origin
Dark Reader
Return Dislikes for YouTube

Most other needs can be configured with Firefox whether it be css stuff like dark scroll bars or browser behaviour. The fewer add-ons the better.

uBlock Origin
NoScript
Bitwarden

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I previously used Privacy Badger, but I block basically everything with NoScript anyway, so it was redundant. I also used HTTPS Everywhere but you can enable that in most (all?) browsers now anyway, so you don't need an extension any longer (the highest form of success for an extension). I also previously used LastPass, but I got out before they had their security issues, and importantly changed every password when I transitioned. On work computer I have the 1password extension.

I used to have dozens of them, now only few:

uBlock
Violentmonkey
FeedBro
Bitwarden
Vimium
Sponsorblock
Return Youtube Dislike
DeArrow (installed today)

Highly recommend Vimium in particular. Avoids repeat movements of switching between keyboard and mouse.

Thanks for the Better History one. Firefox has such a garbage history function.
Firefox translations (local-only website translation)
Firefox translations is good, but i'd recommend linguist instead, its still on-device (if you switch to the local engine in its settings), but is more feature rich, and i've found it to provide higher quality translations.
Buster Captcha Solver
Theres also privacy pass for cloudfare's captchas
Nitter Redirect
I'd use libredirect instead, achieves the same purpose but also works with a tonne of other services as well and not just twitter - nitter redirects, but also reddit - libreddit, youtube - piped, etc.
Facebook Container & Multi-Account Container
The only usecase for containers are multiple accounts, not privacy/security, fission's sandboxing already takes care of that on firefox.
You have a huge number of addons though, i'd try to limit the number of installed addons unless it provides a purpose which is absolutely essential, can't most of these addons be replaced with userscripts in violentmonkey? At least that way it's more confined, in that it has privileges over a specific website rather than the entire browser. Know that every addon is a risk, even if the addon itself isn't malicious, it could have a security vulnerability to be exploited.

My list for Firefox:

Always on Top
Display Anchors
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Regex Search
Simple Tab Groups
Stylus
uBlock Origin

A bunch of other key extensions already listed, but what I don't see that I use often is redirector. It lets you put in regex patterns to redirect window locations to another destination. For example I've used it to redirect any reddit.com link to old.reddit.com, use it to remove tracking parameters from URLS, redirect youtube to yewtube, etc.

For sake of the thread though, here's a short list I have on all systems

Redirector
Ublock Origin
Firefox multi containers
Bitwarden
Ghunt companion
Leech block
Noscript

Used to have

RES
Modtoolbox
Privacy Badger
HTTPS everywhere

Assuming this doesn't work on Firefox mobile yet? To achieve the same I switched my search to a selfhosted whoogle where i rewrite urls to invidious and nitter and shit

Just uBlock.

auto tab discard
bitwarden
dark reader
enhancer for youtube
livemark
localcdn
ublock origin
tree style tabs
tampermunkey
sponsorblock

+1 for TST. I have 840 tabs at the moment :)
Why are so few people using Tampermonkey? It's so useful. Is there an alternative that I don't know about?
- Is there an alternative that I don't know about?
  Violentmonkey
tampermunkey
use violentmonkey

My must haves:

Bitwarden
Dark reader
Ublock origin
Video speed controller

I use Firefox and the arkenfox user.js, which is not an extension, but helps with privacy. For the extensions, though, they are as follows:

uBlock Origin // on medium mode (Check out what blocking modes are if you don't know them already)
LibRedirect // to redirect to more privacy respecting frontends
Skip Redirect // for increased privacy in terms of redirects
Smart Referer // on strict mode. I use this as I have set network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy to 0 as 2 was a little too strict for me

I think more extensions than these would probably hurt my setup. I have followed the advice from the arkenfox wiki. Check it out if you want to look into a more private and secure Firefox configuration. Also feel free to criticize or ask questions about my setup :)

Augmented Steam Bitwarden ClearURLs Cookie AutoDelete Decentraleyes Disconnect for Facebook Don't touch my tabs! Enhancer for Youtube Flagfox Link Cleaner NoScript Privacy Badger RES Skip Redirect Tree Style Tab uBlock Origin Undo Close Tab Button View Image

- uBlock does so much more than one would think. Where's a good list of all the additional capabilities / lists that go beyond just the ad-blocking?
- I was hoping to receive a comment like this, since I rarely remove an addon once I installed it cause I keep thinking there must have been some reason why I did long ago.
  Oh and I have a Pihole on top of all those blockers...
  But I am confused about Cookie Autodelete. I know if I don't whitelist a website then as soon as I close the tab I am no longer logged in if I go back, so it must be deleting cookies right?

Ublock Origin: to block ads of course
SponsorBlock: to skip youtube sponsor spots and begging for likes and dislikes and leave a comment and ring the notification bell. Or skip straight to high lights.
FireFox Multiaccount Container: For separate containers to keep accounts isolated from each other
old reddit reddit: will be looking for a teddit.net redirect now
Reddit Enhancement Suite: when used with reddit was my best friend

Simple Tab Groups helps me alot for organizing windows and tabs for certain topics

FediFollow is great for following people on other instances without much copy/paste work

I run pretty light

Bitwarden
ProtonVPN
NoScript
LibRedirect
uBlock Origin

LibRedirect seems useful, Thanks for the post. This will help me alot :)!!

Adguard (Adblocker)
ProWritingAid (Grammar Checker)
Volume Master (Boosts tab audio)
Chrome Remote Desktop (Obvious)
Honey & Rakuten (Coupons and Cashback)

I also use a Chromebook, so I use these "native" extensions I developed.

CrosKeys (Launcher, Clipboard Manager, Scripting, basically a Rofi replacement)
CrosPaper (Wallpaper/Screensaver Manager)
CrosManager (System Manager)

uBlock Origin
uMatrix
SponsorBlock
decentraleyes
Cookie Auto Delete
KeepassXC-Browser
Tampermonkey

Didn't uMatrix development end? I used to use it but I think the developer stopped working on it in favor of uBlock Origin.
- Yes it has. But it's still working fine for me.
  There are some forks that might be better, but since I don't experience too much issues I never looked for alternatives.

Audio Only for YouTube™ Better Twitch Adblock BetterTTV Channel Blocker Dark Reader Gumbo: Twitch Companion HTTPS Everywhere LeechBlock NG MAL-Sync NoScript Return YouTube Dislike ScrewMyCode.in: Pitch control for YouTube Truffle uBlock Origin Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Violentmonkey

MarkDownload is wonderful
FoxyGestures: Pull left to go back, scribble 'Z' to close a tab
Omnivore: Read stuff later
CORS Everywhere
Tab Containers
Container Proxy (I could never get the built-in Tab Container function to work, this just lets me set certain tabs to hit the proxy)
uBlock Origin, naturally

Firefox:
UBlock Origin
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials Plugin
Decentraleyes

Brave:
UBlock Origin
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials Plugin

I dont use HTTPS Everywhere anymore because its included in Firefox and Brave!

Edit: I only use Brave to do my school homework because firefox messes with the website we use sometimes.

- Ive heard of localcdn, never looked into it... Is it better than Decentraleyes?
  and i do use ddg Essentials for email aliases.
  :)

Here's my list. Using OperaGX.

Bitwarden
Buster
Consent-O-Matic
Dark Reader
FastForward
Picture-in-Picture
Stylus
TamperMonkey
The Stream Detector
uBlock Origin
Session Buddy
Return YouTube Dislike
Looper for YouTube

uBlock
Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Bitwarden
DDG
Privacy Badger
Grammarly
RES

All in Firefox. :)

On Firefox:

uBlock Origin
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
Privacy Badger
SponsorBlock (skips the promotional parts of YouTube videos)
Youtube shorts block
1Password
Dark Reader
Don't Fuck With Paste
Facebook Container
Bypass Paywalls
Disable HTML5 Autoplay
Ghostery
Old Reddit Redirect

AdNauseam (for cases when other extensions miss something)
Bypass Paywalls
Decentraleyes
Don't touch my tabs! (rel=noopener)
Don't track me Google
Forget Me Not
HTTPS Everywhere
Old Reddit Redirect
Redirector (to use the Vector theme on MediaWiki instances)
uBlock Origin
uMatrix
User-Agent Switcher and Manager

On Firefox:

uBlock Origin
Bitwarden
Decentraleyes
Terms of Service; Didn't Read
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Facebook Container
Consent-O-Matic
Don't Track Me Google

...and the add-ons not related to privacy:

10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp)
Zhongwen
New Xkit
Earth View from Google Earth
Palette Creator
Save to Notion
Send to Outline
Web to EPUB

I use most of these on Brave Browser, too.

uBlock Origin

Important. I've added the Bypass Paywalls-filter as well, which makes browsing a lot more pleasant.

SponsorBlock

I will not watch ads, not even one.

I still don't care about cookies

This removes most of the annoyance of cookie banners and consent dialogs

Redirect AMP to HTML

AMP sucks, rather not even see it

Libredirect

A recent favorite - I started using this as Twitter on web was becoming increasingly unusable, and Nitter is a fine alternative. Now I use it for Twitter, TikTok, Imgur, Medium and Reddit.

AdGuard Extra
AdNauseam (uBlock Origin fork)
Bitwarden
Clickbait Remover for Youtube
Custom Scrollbars
Don't accept image/webp
Enhancer for Youtube
Proton VPN
RES
Return Youtube Dislike
Sponsorblock
Thumbnail Rating Bar for Youtube
Tree Style Tab
Translate Web Pages
uBlacklist (no more deviantart trash in image search)
Redditsave (probably won't need this anymore since i moved here)
vidIQ Vision for Youtube (information on screen pleases me)
Violentmonkey
Youtube-shorts block

and thanks to the based commenters here, learned there were some userscripts for kbin and got the Dark Reader extension

https://beehaw.org/comment/308270

The only one I use that wasn't mentioned yet is unpaywall, for finding scientific articles in open databases.

UBO
DDG Privacy Essentials
LocalCDN
Cookie AutoDelete
TamperMonkey
LibRedirect
Keyboard Privacy

Cookie autodelete was something that i have always wanted, thanks. Before this i just used incognito for everything and firefox nuked all cookies except the ones whitelisted on restart. But this extension does this even more effectively.

I use...

uBlock Origin
BlockTube
Readwise highlighter
Ruffle.rs
RSS Preview
1Password

More than I feel makes sense to post TBH. But a few important ones (for Firefox):

uBlock Origin
Sidebery to get my tabs in a vertical tree; if you often have more than 10-15 tabs I really recommend this!
Bitwarden (password manager)
Checker Plus for Gmail + Checker Plus for Google Calendar, easy-access email/calendar in a small window, I very rarely actually go to gmail.com
Return YouTube Dislike
Tampermonkey for userscripts on Kbin
Video Speed Controller, I use numpad +/- to increase/decrease speed by 0.25x, works basically everywhere including YouTube

A nice on i use is NighEye. I've forgotten what it feels like to have your retinas burned. Feels good

-uBlock Origin

-Sponsorblock

-Unhook for youtube

-unpinterested

-panicbutton

Also adguard dns filtering on my mobile devices. Would highly recommend panicbutton as a quick way to set a task aside without opening a new window and unhook to filter out the trash YouTube is shoveling onto the home page

I highly recommend checking out Firefox Multi-Account Containers.

I have these extensions pinned:

uBlock Origin
Firshot (takes screenshots of website with scrolling)
Google Translate
Wolfram Alpha
Tampermonkey (let's me write/add scripts to websites)
Just a clock (I hide my windows startbar so having a little clock always displayed is nice)

And my remaining extensions are:

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
BetterTTV
Chrome Remote Desktop
Confetti Snippets (adds copy button to code on Stack Overflow)
DeArrow (Crowdsourced titles and thumbnails to remove clickbait from YouTube)
Enhanced Steam
Google Docs Offline
~~HTTPS Everywhere (changes http links to https)~~
JSONVue (formats and makes json collapsible)
Lighthouse (tests website performance)
Netflix Extended
Reddit Enhancement Suite
Refined Prime Video
Resource Override (let's me replace requested web resources with local versions of those files)
Return YouTube Dislikes
Save All Resources
ShareX
SponsorBlock
SteamDB
Tab to Window/Popup (adds keyboard shortcuts to between normal browser windows and the popup windows that don't waste space with a title bar, useful for vertically split window layouts)
uBlacklist (block sites from Google search results)
View Image (returns view image option to Google Images)
WAVE Evaluation Tool (tests website accessibility)

- Thanks for the suggestions I'll check them out!

Bitwarden
Custom New Tab
Decentraleyes
OneTab
Privacy Badger
Proton VPN
uBlock Origin

- thanks for the tips.

uBlock

DarkReader

Youtube background vid fix

Yesss Dark Reader is absolutely critical :'D

I'm using Firefox:

uBlock
Darkreader
Privacy Badger
NoScript
uMatrix
Bookmark Dupes
CanvasBlocker
ClearURLs
YT Enhancer
FF Relay
Open in Private Mode
Open Tabs Next to Current
Secure Password Generator
Toggle web custom fonts

- redundant with umatrix, i'd just use umatrix
  And umatrix was developed by Gorhill, who also develops ublock origin, and umatrix is no longer maintained because ublock origin is simply more useful.

Here are the plugins I use:

React Developer Tools (useful for developing with React)
Ublock Origin
Return Youtube Dislike
SponsorBlock
Grepper (shows convenient code snippets when I Google stuff)
Cold Turkey Blocker (I use this to to block websites/apps when I need to focus)
Shinigami Eyes (highlights queer friendly and anti queer subreddits/users/facebook pages/group differently)

Bitwarden
FoxyProxy
DuckDuckGo
AdBlocker Ultimate
Privacy Badger
LocalCDN

- Thanks for the input. I'll give ublock a try.

Browser: Firefox, gonna name stuff i don't see mentioned yet

'Multi Account Containers' + 'Container Tabs Sidebar' + 'Switch Container' + 'Temporary Containers' + ~~'don't care about cookies'~~ 'Consent-o-matic'
basically allows you to easily have multiple accounts on websites while also making sure everything stays contained to its own bubble, and anything I don't have a dedicated container for gets a temporary container that deletes the cookies after a bit ~~in order for me to both not care about cookies and also not get any cookies.~~ at this point mostly because I don't like accidentally having an account on a non-contained instance

ff2mpv - easily launch videos in mpv, requires a bit of setup

Image Search Options - finding the source of most drawings, spotting which anime a clip is from etc

Yomichan for quick access to locally installed dictionaries (for Japanese in this case)
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