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Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by WarmWash »

ImJamal wrote: post #2

> Firefox does not block: > Ads shown on search engine results pages, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search providers > Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page So block ads unless it impacts their revenue sources.

The correct way to avoid ads is to not visit pages that use them.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by Tryk »

TheDong wrote: post #7
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

Apple themselves do not allow using anything other than WebKit unless you move to the EU or Japan: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit. What Orion's doing is horribly hacky and prone to cause issues with a multitude of addons, and of course Mozilla shouldn't bow to Apple's incredibly anti-competitive behavior. You pay apple for a phone that can act m…

*EU is not one country

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by lakkal »

ImJamal wrote: post #2

> Firefox does not block: > Ads shown on search engine results pages, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search providers > Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page So block ads unless it impacts their revenue sources.

> Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page

Not ideal, but (at least on desktop) you can set the Home page to a blank page, and there is an extension called 'Blank New Tab' that I've been using for quite a while.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by confusedbucket »

tcfhgj wrote: post #18
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

what's the current excuse for buying a device which doesn't allow you to control what software you use on it?

Where do I buy this device that does let me run any software I want?

Most Android phones don't even let users unlock the bootloader anymore. And if you do unlock the bootloader, now Google Pay doesn't work, among other things. I don't really feel like being in control of what software I use when the software I actually want refuses to run. F-Droid homepage is also concerning.

Linux phones barely handle the basic functions.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by temp0826 »

tcfhgj wrote: post #18
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

what's the current excuse for buying a device which doesn't allow you to control what software you use on it?

My current excuse? Android (the only current realistic alternative; I don't have the time nor care to fiddle with technical details on a device that I need to be a reliable tool. I'm not afraid of going deep on something less standard, Linux has been my daily driven OS for literally decades) is trash and untrustworthy in my experience. Browser extensions alone are not nearly enough to tip the scale for me to go back to it. As mentioned I use something that provides extension support already (from a browser that has far fewer developers working on it!), which is why I find it stupid that Mozilla won't figure out a way to do it themselves.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by cogman10 »

tcfhgj wrote: post #18
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

what's the current excuse for buying a device which doesn't allow you to control what software you use on it?

As a mobile device? There are like 3 of them on the market right now and you'll run into huge headaches at every turn if you try and use them.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by seba_dos1 »

confusedbucket wrote: post #36
tcfhgj wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what's the current excuse for buying a device which doesn't allow you to control what software you use on it?

Where do I buy this device that does let me run any software I want? Most Android phones don't even let users unlock the bootloader anymore. And if you do unlock the bootloader, now Google Pay doesn't work, among other things. I don't really feel like being in control of what software I use when the software I actually want refuses to run. F-Droid homepage is also concerning. Linux phones barely handle the basic func…

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