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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

GeekyBear wrote: post #33
gruez wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's absolutely bonkers that an adblocker needs to cost $15/year, when the actual filter lists are maintained by volunteers and there's (presumably) very little in the way of code changes needed.

If you don't dont see any additional value, then chose choose one of the free ad blocking options. One of the nice things for developers working in the Apple ecosystem is that users are willing to support well crafted software. Although, sometimes you do run into developers as selfless as Gorhill who still craft excellent software.

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by hedora »

Aerbil313 wrote: post #64
graynk wrote: post #62

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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…

I use Orion. I hit some crashes until I told it to autoclose tabs after a few days. I’d rather leave that off, but it’s a minor problem.

I run three firefox plugins. They all work correctly.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by akmann »

Aerbil313 wrote: post #64
graynk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

What is it with said bug, that makes you use another browser because of it? Seems not like a big deal..

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

rs186 wrote: post #67
HexDecOctBin wrote: post #28

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.

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by jjice »

uBlock is fantastic at what it does. I'm looking forward to this. I'm currently using both Wipr 2 and AdGuard together which has worked well. AdGuard allows user defined cosmetic filters that I've come to rely on more and more in the browser, and it makes certain mobile sites so much better. Will uBlock on iOS support this?

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by swasheck »

i’m currently just using a nextdns profile after using adguard for a long time. i switched because i hoped that i would stop getting the annoying admiral modals telling me to turn off my ad blocker. do any of the these solutions trick the anti adblock solutions?

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by ents »

jjice wrote: post #77

uBlock is fantastic at what it does. I'm looking forward to this. I'm currently using both Wipr 2 and AdGuard together which has worked well. AdGuard allows user defined cosmetic filters that I've come to rely on more and more in the browser, and it makes certain mobile sites so much better. Will uBlock on iOS support this?

I run only Wipr2 and am happy with it, even if its $5 vs free, I'm happy to support a dev who makes a great app. I'll try UBOL for iOS when its available.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by dylan604 »

Aerbil313 wrote: post #64
graynk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

A bug that happens for no reason? Aren’t these typically some sort of memory access violation, or am I just showing my age of what used to be the cause? I know nothing of iOS inner workings, but is illegal memory access still possible where this would be the behavior?
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