When comparing Shout vs Privacy Badger, the Slant community recommends Privacy Badger for most people. In the question“What are the best Firefox add-ons?” Privacy Badger is ranked 9th while Shout is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Privacy Badger is:
Privacy Badger automatically detects and block third-party tracking. If it detects an advertiser or network tracking you across different websites, subsequent requests to the advertiser will be blocked.
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Pros
Pro Always connected
Unlike most other web IRC clients, Shout will stay connected even when you close the browser. It will allow you to see conversations that happened while you were away.
Pro Automatic detection & blocking
Privacy Badger automatically detects and block third-party tracking. If it detects an advertiser or network tracking you across different websites, subsequent requests to the advertiser will be blocked.
Pro Easy to use and configure
Everything works out of the box, you don't have to select blocking lists like in other ad blockers and there's pretty much nothing to configure.
Pro Easy import & export of settings
in human-readable format
Cons
Con Lacks searchable history
Con No native apps
It's only available as a webapp.
Con Doesn't manage presence
Users have to manually set away messages or away nicks to notify other users that they are not currently available.
Con Pressing escape will disconnect you
Con Can't send files
You can only share links to files, no way to share files directly between users.
Con This service isn't available.
in the browsers Chrome and Firefox