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Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by vehemenz »

bsenftner wrote: post #140
vehemenz wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that people like us use Homebrew (and tell our families to), so there’s little incentive to complain loudly about this issue. Browser extensions and the occasional one-off app are the only reasons to go there.

Why do people think a browser extension is safe to use?

The point is that Safari's extension system requires using the App Store, not that it's inherently safer. In some ways, the "App" model that Safari uses could be more unsafe, regardless of Apple's code review.

Nonetheless, a critical engagement of software "safety" would require another few thousand words, at least.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by al_borland »

Citizen8396 wrote: post #159
al_borland wrote: post #120

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AdGuard always bothered me. On macOS it sits in the menubar and has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari. It felt like a bloated sprawling mess. I just installed uBOL and it's a single extension that sits in Safari. It feel much more clean and unobtrusive.

You can disable the menu bar icon in settings...

The existence of a menubar icon as an option implies it’s a service that needs to run all the time. I compare that perception to what uBOL mentions in the App Store description.

> uBOL is entirely declarative, meaning there is no need for a permanent uBOL process for the filtering to occur, and CSS/JS injection-based content filtering is performed reliably by the browser itself rather than by the extension. This means that uBOL itself does not consume CPU memory resources while content blocking is ongoing -- uBOL's service worker process is required _only_ when you interact with the popup panel or the option pages.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by vehemenz »

jaffa2 wrote: post #105
forgotoldacc wrote: post #38

I've been using Adguard for a couple years and have had no problems. I think I've only seen ads slip through a couple times. If there's anyone who's able to compare, is there any real difference between these ad blockers?

i've also been using adguard for years. Yes it's paid, but it actually works. I use it on mac and ios. none of the free( at the time) ad blockers worked as well. or they constantly needed updates, or certain things broke etc. adguard is a great product. not affiliated, not sponsored, just a user.

It's even better than you say because the free version—for Safari only—works very well.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by cwmoore »

sneak wrote: post #175
mort96 wrote: post #73

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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…

Apple’s contempt for its customers is palpable these days. It breaks my heart to see how far they’ve fallen.

I have not raised expectations since they deleted half of my music collection years ago. To this day they provide no way to export iMessage threads.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by recursive »

sneak wrote: post #175
mort96 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Apple’s contempt for its customers is palpable these days. It breaks my heart to see how far they’ve fallen.

Some of us have been palpating it for decades.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by bearl »

bsenftner wrote: post #140
vehemenz wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that people like us use Homebrew (and tell our families to), so there’s little incentive to complain loudly about this issue. Browser extensions and the occasional one-off app are the only reasons to go there.

Why do people think a browser extension is safe to use?

Security experts.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by slowmotiony »

forgotoldacc wrote: post #38

I've been using Adguard for a couple years and have had no problems. I think I've only seen ads slip through a couple times. If there's anyone who's able to compare, is there any real difference between these ad blockers?

I cancelled my Adguard subscription when I found out the founder and team are russian. That's big enough of a difference for me.
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