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      It automatically redirects websites. So for example every time that I go to a site that has unscrupulous marketing and tracking, I can potentially use a privacy friendly front end alternative website. For example, every time I visit a Reddit link, it can redirect me to a teddit link, which is a front end alternative that strips out the marketing. These front end alternatives apply to a variety of websites such as YouTube, Urban dictionary, Wikipedia, etc.

      You can find either of the listed extensions on GitHub to install them

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          It is Google’s attempt to limit what is possible within a chromium browser. It will potentially lead to the demise of numerous ad blocking extensions for example. It is one of the driving forces that encouraged me to move to Firefox to be honest.