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I've been running a blocker to block GA and other junk on my PC, but I imagine I'm in a statistically insignificant minority. And I still can't block them on my

I've been running a blocker to block GA and other junk on my PC, but I imagine I'm in a statistically insignificant minority. And I still can't block them on my iPhone unless I disable JavaScript entirely (though I'm running iOS 9, I'm not able to install a blocker for some reason; I guess Apple arbitrarily doesn't support them on my older iPhone model).

djrogers 11y ago
>I guess Apple arbitrarily doesn't support them on my older iPhone It's not arbitrary - it requires a 64 bit CPU (of which Apple has now shipped 3 generations of).
- Albright 11y ago
  Ah, is that the differentiator? I see. Still strikes me as somewhat arbitrary, though - is content blocking such a strenuous task that it requires a 64-bit CPU? Wouldn't using a blocker cause the CPU to do less work in most cases since it doesn't have to download so many ad media files or execute as much JavaScript? Yeah, I guess it's just time to get a friggin' new phone already, but this one ain't broke yet, ya know?
Kristine1975 11y ago
If your device is jailbroken (not sure if there's a jailbreak for iOS 9), you could add entries for GA to its hosts file. I use these on my desktop PC: 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com AFAIK ad blockers are only supported on iOS devices with 64 bit CPUs.
cm2187 11y ago
I could install an adblocker on iOS9, and you can customize the block list. I don't think you are a minority. I understand adblocking usage is around 20%-ish now. What I don't understand is people who use adblockers but still login to their google account on chrome. It sorts of defeat the purpose...
vlunkr 11y ago
If anyone is looking for a good blocker for stuff like this, I recommend ghostery. I set it to block everything by default, and whitelist the few things I want. It doesn't block scripts served by the site you are on, so it doesn't totally break your browsing experience, like others do.

djrogers 11y ago

>I guess Apple arbitrarily doesn't support them on my older iPhone It's not arbitrary - it requires a 64 bit CPU (of which Apple has now shipped 3 generations of).

Albright 11y ago
Ah, is that the differentiator? I see. Still strikes me as somewhat arbitrary, though - is content blocking such a strenuous task that it requires a 64-bit CPU? Wouldn't using a blocker cause the CPU to do less work in most cases since it doesn't have to download so many ad media files or execute as much JavaScript? Yeah, I guess it's just time to get a friggin' new phone already, but this one ain't broke yet, ya know?

Kristine1975 11y ago

If your device is jailbroken (not sure if there's a jailbreak for iOS 9), you could add entries for GA to its hosts file. I use these on my desktop PC: 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com AFAIK ad blockers are only supported on iOS devices with 64 bit CPUs.

cm2187 11y ago

I could install an adblocker on iOS9, and you can customize the block list. I don't think you are a minority. I understand adblocking usage is around 20%-ish now. What I don't understand is people who use adblockers but still login to their google account on chrome. It sorts of defeat the purpose...

vlunkr 11y ago

If anyone is looking for a good blocker for stuff like this, I recommend ghostery. I set it to block everything by default, and whitelist the few things I want. It doesn't block scripts served by the site you are on, so it doesn't totally break your browsing experience, like others do.