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uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by instig007 »

pdpi wrote: post #49
MortyWaves wrote: post #44

So I tapped the link on my iPhone and was taken to the App Store. The download button is available. Great! Finally I can block ads in mobile too. It installs, opening it is a simple message saying I need to enable it in Safari settings. Strange, but ok. I go to Settings -> Safari -> Extensions -> uBlock Origin Lite. > “uBO Lite” is not available for this version of Safari. This feels like a series of failures, why is…

I've used Firefox Focus as an ad blocker for Safari on iOS for several years now. I don't actually use it as my browser, I just use Safari as normal, but it integrates with Safari, and seems to work well enough.

Try Brave browser on iOS, it cuts everything irrelevant without third-party apps, and you also get background media playback on locked screen (settings toggle) on youtube as "one more thing".

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by mort96 »

tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

I just searched for uBlock. Top result is an ad for another ad blocker. Second result is an ad blocker called "Ublock", with "Origin" in its tags; a clear scam whose purpose is to leech off the reputation of uBlock Origin and trick people.

Apple's App Store is chock full of scams like this. It's not just bad search, it's a failure to enforce any kind of anti scam policy (combined with seemingly intentionally terrible search).

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by mort96 »

Meekro wrote: post #29
tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

Working fine for me-- when I search under Mac Apps for "ublock origin lite" (no quotes), it appears in 1st place.

For me, searching for "uBlock origin lite" (without the quotes) puts it in 3rd place; below AdBlock Pro and an ad for trip(dot)com.

When I search "uBlock origin" it doesn't seem to show up at all.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by cedws »

whstl wrote: post #32
tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

Apple is really bad at search, and on purpose. Welp, money before quality!

Nah I think they’re just bad at search, macOS Spotlight search has to be the most slow janky search I have ever used.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by freehorse »

If anybody is interested, the original (not lite) firefox-version of uBlock Origin works just well in Orion (webkit based browser by kagi) in both iPhone and Mac. It is great to have it for safari though anyway as safari is the default browser in these platforms.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by DrewADesign »

cedws wrote: post #75
whstl wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple is really bad at search, and on purpose. Welp, money before quality!

Nah I think they’re just bad at search, macOS Spotlight search has to be the most slow janky search I have ever used.

You haven’t used windows search recently I take it.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by mathgeek »

cedws wrote: post #75
whstl wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple is really bad at search, and on purpose. Welp, money before quality!

Nah I think they’re just bad at search, macOS Spotlight search has to be the most slow janky search I have ever used.

Which I find really sad because at one point OSX had search quality that was really satisfying. That was maybe twenty years ago for me.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by ashurov »

tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

doesn't seem to be available in the Dutch app-store.
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