uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS and macOS
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Fuck, wish they released that while I was on iPhone during HS. All the other ad blockers were paid and/or Safari only, and I DESPISE Safari, It's so bad. I just used Firefox + NextDNS and prayed.
It’s going to be safari only. There’s no API on iOS for system wide blocking unless it’s a third party VPN server filtering network requests.
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It’s going to be safari only. There’s no API on iOS for system wide blocking unless it’s a third party VPN server filtering network requests.
Not surprised, Apple hates devs anyway. Like I said, I used NextDNS to filter internet traffic and used Proton VPN for pirating/hiding my IP/usual shit. I'm on Graphene now so I'm not invested anyway, but maybe I would've forced myself to use Safari if uBlock was available for it.
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So I’ma bit confused, would this block ads while I’m using the YouTube app? Or just ads while I’m using safari? Aren’t browsers on iOS just reskins of safari under the hood as well? Meaning this would work with chrome / Firefox?
Don't expect to block stuff from Google while using Chrome. Google is [one of] the biggest advertising companies
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So I’ma bit confused, would this block ads while I’m using the YouTube app? Or just ads while I’m using safari? Aren’t browsers on iOS just reskins of safari under the hood as well? Meaning this would work with chrome / Firefox?
No.
The “all browsers are iOS reskin” thing is browsers must use WebKit for JavaScript and rendering, which are the two biggest parts of a browser. WebKit is a library of code distributed as part of the iOS SDK. However, Safari adds more on top of WebKit, including its plugin API. Installing plugins into iOS Safari wont affect anything just using WebKit because they aren’t using the Safari plugins code.
In theory Firefox could implement its own plugins system for iOS, but it would more limited than the normal Firefox plugin system for other devices, and also they might run into policy issues with Apple (this policy about 3rd party browsers is part of a broader policy against side loading, which has in the past prevented things like emulators and programming apps into the App Store. They have recently started loosening up on their anti-side loading policies, however).
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A beta version of uBO Lite (uBOL) for iOS and macOS is available through TestFlight: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/327
For details of uBOL, see the project page: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home
They are porting it to Safari. uBO already works perfectly well on macOS, if you use Firefox.
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A beta version of uBO Lite (uBOL) for iOS and macOS is available through TestFlight: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/327
For details of uBOL, see the project page: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home
Waiting on the day Firefox extensions support the iOS app.
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They are porting it to Safari. uBO already works perfectly well on macOS, if you use Firefox.
Can confirm, have used macOS on both the old Intel and new M-series chips, and Firefox with uBO works well.
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Finally, took them long enough. AdGuard has been good to me but I’ll switch to UBlock in 0.02 nanoseconds once it is available.
Btw Adguard collects your data. Check their privacy policy. The moment I knew this, I moved to mullvad DNS but nowadays it is not stable. (I use private DNS for system-wide adblocking)
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Btw Adguard collects your data. Check their privacy policy. The moment I knew this, I moved to mullvad DNS but nowadays it is not stable. (I use private DNS for system-wide adblocking)
I don’t use their DNS feature, just the adblocking.
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Waiting on the day Firefox extensions support the iOS app.
Will never happen unfortunately
