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They still don't let me install uBlock origin + noscript. Whitelisting per-domain and per-site what can run Javascript does more for my privacy than anything el

by TheDong 25d ago

They still don't let me install uBlock origin + noscript. Whitelisting per-domain and per-site what can run Javascript does more for my privacy than anything else, and I can do that with firefox on linux and android, but on iOS I'm not allowed to install firefox. There's obviously no real technical limitation since if you live in the EU you can sideload an alternative browser in theory (though apple has made it unrealistic in practice since they're ignoring the spirit of the law and instead doing their darndest to resist giving users even a whit of freedom).

kstrauser 25d ago
They also don’t allow you to install Windows executables. They do allow you to run adblockers designed for Safari, like Wipr, and there are any number of noscript-alikes, like StopTheScript. I’m not saying that to be snarky, but to say that different platforms have different ways of doing things. And Firefox is in the iOS App Store. I know what you meant to say, and that it’s not the same as Firefox on Android, but it’s wrong to say you’re not allowed to install Firefox.
- pjerem 25d ago
  Since Apple specifically disallows using other web engines on the App Store, I have bad news for you : Firefox on the App Store is just a reskinned safari and as such, a lot of features cannot be implemented because they depend on the web rendering engine.
  - kstrauser 25d ago
    That would be news to me if it wasn’t what I already said, that iOS Firefox isn’t the same as Android Firefox.
    - degamad 25d ago
      It sounds like their point is that it's not Firefox at all, inasmuch as you can't use the most popular Firefox extensions.
ezfe 25d ago
ublock origin is supported by Safari
- TheDong 25d ago
  ublock origin _lite_ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... I also can't use Safari because I want my tabs and bookmarks to sync between my desktop machine (linux) and my phone (iOS), and Safari is the only major browser which can't do that. Not to mention Safari is just an inferior browser which seems possibly designed to hold back Progressive Web Apps so that everyone has to make app-store apps and tithe a percent of all profits to apple.
  - weiran 25d ago
    PWAs hold themselves back, they don’t need any help from Safari.
  - astafrig 25d ago
    The only thing Safari seems inferior at is draining batteries.
nexus6 25d ago
Well there’s UBlock for Safari, yeah it’s not UBlock Origin but it’s not that nothing is available. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269... Also Brave supports per site JavaScript blocking on iOS. So there’s more privacy tools available than you think/assume.

by TheDong 25d ago

kstrauser 25d ago

They also don’t allow you to install Windows executables. They do allow you to run adblockers designed for Safari, like Wipr, and there are any number of noscript-alikes, like StopTheScript. I’m not saying that to be snarky, but to say that different platforms have different ways of doing things. And Firefox is in the iOS App Store. I know what you meant to say, and that it’s not the same as Firefox on Android, but it’s wrong to say you’re not allowed to install Firefox.

pjerem 25d ago
Since Apple specifically disallows using other web engines on the App Store, I have bad news for you : Firefox on the App Store is just a reskinned safari and as such, a lot of features cannot be implemented because they depend on the web rendering engine.
- kstrauser 25d ago
  That would be news to me if it wasn’t what I already said, that iOS Firefox isn’t the same as Android Firefox.
  - degamad 25d ago
    It sounds like their point is that it's not Firefox at all, inasmuch as you can't use the most popular Firefox extensions.

ezfe 25d ago

ublock origin is supported by Safari

TheDong 25d ago
ublock origin _lite_ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... I also can't use Safari because I want my tabs and bookmarks to sync between my desktop machine (linux) and my phone (iOS), and Safari is the only major browser which can't do that. Not to mention Safari is just an inferior browser which seems possibly designed to hold back Progressive Web Apps so that everyone has to make app-store apps and tithe a percent of all profits to apple.
- weiran 25d ago
  PWAs hold themselves back, they don’t need any help from Safari.
- astafrig 25d ago
  The only thing Safari seems inferior at is draining batteries.

nexus6 25d ago

Well there’s UBlock for Safari, yeah it’s not UBlock Origin but it’s not that nothing is available. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269... Also Brave supports per site JavaScript blocking on iOS. So there’s more privacy tools available than you think/assume.