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uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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post #14

Is this any better than AdGuard? I’ve heard it’s best to avoid running both but unsure whether this version of uBlock is worth it.

I have no complaints about AdGuard, but I will switch to this. uBlock is the best ad blocker across platforms, and gorhill is a legend.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

#62

It's a shame Firefox on iOS has failed/refused to support third-party content filters [1] since 2019. Just because they can't bring Gecko doesn't mean they shouldn't try to gain mindshare for the Mozilla Firefox brand on one of the biggest platforms, yet they refuse to put in the resources. 1: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/5198

Somewhat ironically, you can install and use the Firefox uBO extension on Orion for iOS. Orion/Kagi figured out how to do it before Firefox/Mozilla.

except it doesn't work. but you can install it, yes.

I want to like Orion but I've seen the same bugs for a year now.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

#64
post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somewhat ironically, you can install and use the Firefox uBO extension on Orion for iOS. Orion/Kagi figured out how to do it before Firefox/Mozilla.

except it doesn't work. but you can install it, yes. I want to like Orion but I've seen the same bugs for a year now.

I'm using Orion as my daily driver on iOS mainly because of a Safari bug[1]. It used to be very buggy, had frequent app crashes for no reason at all but nowadays (since a year?) works pretty fine, even the UBO plugin works fine.

1: You can long tap and select "Download Linked File" on any link in Safari, including links that are forbidden by Content Restrictions, such as a news.ycombinator.com link from google search. Ping me if a Safari engineer sees this and fixes it!

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

#67

It's a shame Firefox on iOS has failed/refused to support third-party content filters [1] since 2019. Just because they can't bring Gecko doesn't mean they shouldn't try to gain mindshare for the Mozilla Firefox brand on one of the biggest platforms, yet they refuse to put in the resources. 1: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/5198

People who install Firefox on iOS is likely a very small number. If I were the project manager of Firefox, and with such limited resources and Google's cash going away any day, I would not put in any work either.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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post #19
post #11

1Blocker has worked tremendously well for me for what feels like a decade now. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...

Look like that costs money though?

I bought a life-time plan a few years ago.

Feels like a no-brainer investment.

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