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Since they nixed uBlock Origin Safari has not been a serious web browser to me. No amount of technology can make up for it.
by Affric 2mo ago
Since they nixed uBlock Origin Safari has not been a serious web browser to me. No amount of technology can make up for it.
- paddingtone 2mo agoI've been using uBlock Origin Lite on Safari with no issues. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...
- faizmokh 2mo agoAgree. I've never seen any single ads so far. Even the ads on the Youtube are block by default. It's quite buggy though.
- jvican 2mo agoI use Adguard/wipr to great success. Why's uBlock Origin better? Also, wipr now has filtr, which provides URL filtering at the macOS level, so it's as efficient as it gets.
- jjice 2mo agoI use AdGuard, Wipr, and uBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone, and uBlock Origin on desktop. I swear there are little gaps in each that the others get, but they're very minor. When uBlock Origin Lote recently released on iOS (within the last year), I noticed a few more things blocked. I also prefer the custom element removal or uBlock and can reuse my desktop filters. It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition to the bunch.
- kstrauser 2mo agoSeconded for Wipr. It's my favorite adblocker I've tried yet (although 1Blocker is also really nice). And if the author sells it to some creepy company, the Safari API means that the new owner can't spy on my viewing. I'm not sure how it could be materially improved by using less privacy-respecting APIs.
- flyingshelf 2mo ago> the new owner can't spy on my viewing Quick question: how do you distinguish content blocker extensions from regular extensions? All the Adblockers I know have to use both to be effective at hiding ads, especially on YouTube. In that case, the new owner can still do the spying.
- fizwidget 2mo agoIn iOS at least, it tells you in Settings > Safari > Extensions. E.g. if I tap into one of the AdGuard ones I see: “"AdGuard — General" does not have permission to read or transmit content from any web pages.” Ones that have more permissions will say so.
- arijun 2mo agoI think the limitations are similar to the manifest v3 issues that the Chrome version has. Specifically, you (the ad blocker) send the browser a list of sites to block, instead you blocking them yourself. That means it's way harder to do clever things like scriptlet injection to find ads and get around adblock detection.
- whstl 2mo agoNot true in Safari. uBlock Origin Lite doesn't have those problems.
- JSR_FDED 2mo ago1Blocker has been rock solid for me. Got it after reading about it on Daring Fireball and now I can’t use a Mac without it.
- Noaidi 2mo agohttps://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- zarzavat 2mo agoThis doesn't solve the problem. The whole point of uBO is that it plays the cat and mouse game between adblocking and anti-adblocking. If you are OK with sites blocking you when you use an adblocker then there's a multitude of other options.
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- onceandfuture 2mo agowblock ftw https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock