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WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

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Re: WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

#4

Post by TheSilva »

HelloUsername wrote: post #3
InfiniteVortex wrote: post #2

wBlock is a new ad-blocker for Safari. It supports (in general) everything Wipr, AdGuard for Safari/iOS, uBlock Origin Lite can do except for maybe multi-device sync

And what does it do differently ?

Well, they have this list in their repo: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...

Only one I can see is (slightly) less RAM use.

Re: WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

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Post by blakesterz »

HelloUsername wrote: post #3
InfiniteVortex wrote: post #2

wBlock is a new ad-blocker for Safari. It supports (in general) everything Wipr, AdGuard for Safari/iOS, uBlock Origin Lite can do except for maybe multi-device sync

And what does it do differently ?

They do have a compare page here: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...

Re: WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

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Post by elashri »

blakesterz wrote: post #6
HelloUsername wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what does it do differently ?

They do have a compare page here: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...

I wonder why would they include GitHub stars as comparison point. Not only it is useless, it will mostly be wrong unless dynamically generated and updated.

Re: WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

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Post by nozzlegear »

I'm interested in trying this, but not really interested in signing up for the whole Testflight rigamarole. I've had uBlock Origin Lite installed ever since it was released, but I prefer Safari's Content Blocker approach which uBlock doesn't use. (uBlock uses manifest v3, and it sometimes it leaves those small "empty image" boxes where an ad would be; I'm not sure if those two things are related.)

Re: WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari

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Post by acephal »

nozzlegear wrote: post #8

I'm interested in trying this, but not really interested in signing up for the whole Testflight rigamarole. I've had uBlock Origin Lite installed ever since it was released, but I prefer Safari's Content Blocker approach which uBlock doesn't use. (uBlock uses manifest v3, and it sometimes it leaves those small "empty image" boxes where an ad would be; I'm not sure if those two things are related.)

Is there any reason to prefer uBoL over Pi-Hole/Adguard Home?
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