So iOS ad-blockers only work in the browser? They don't block ads in apps?
Putting Mobile Ad Blockers to the Test
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#12I'm not surprised they specifically call out boston.com I've been reading that site weekly / daily for a few years now. On Desktop browsers its pretty painless (with an ad blocker on), but recently on my ipad the usability of the site has dropped to zero. It constantly loads an ad that redirects me to the app store, while my browser sits on a blank page. If you hit the back button, boom forward to blank page, context…
This is due to ad arbitrage. Boston.com is not the problem, the ad network behind is. They're just slow to catch it I guess.
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#13So iOS ad-blockers only work in the browser? They don't block ads in apps?
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#14So iOS ad-blockers only work in the browser? They don't block ads in apps?
why would apple want you to block ads in apps? ;)
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#15I thought it was ironic that they called out Boston.com. Until a few years ago, The New York Times owned Boston.com (online domain for The Boston Globe). Back to New York/Boston rivalry as usual?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe: "The company was acquired in 1993 by The New York Times Company; two years later Boston.com was established as the newspaper's online edition. In 2011, a BostonGlobe.com subscription site was launched. In 2013, the newspaper and websites were purchased by John W. Henry, a businessman whose other holdings include the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C."
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#16Hmm... so is nytimes conspicuously missing from that list or did I miss it?
The guardian gets more and more of my respect every day, not just for the lack of ads, but for the depth and choice of their articles - that's one publication I would not mind paying for.
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#17Mobile does not mean Apple, which is what the entire article is about.
Yeah, the title made me think there would be an overview and comparison of existing ad-blocking options now that iOS can be included with Apple-sanctioned software.
Instead it was just an overview of some iOS ad blocking apps. I was actually interested in how the new iOS stuff compared to the usual adblock/ublock/etc. for mobile Firefox (even if they ignored more system-wide options that require superuser on Android or running unsigned code on jailbroken iOS).
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#19So iOS ad-blockers only work in the browser? They don't block ads in apps?
They do if the app uses Safari View Contoller (new in iOS 9).
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#20Hmm... so is nytimes conspicuously missing from that list or did I miss it? The guardian gets more and more of my respect every day, not just for the lack of ads, but for the depth and choice of their articles - that's one publication I would not mind paying for.
> Hmm... so is nytimes conspicuously missing from that list or did I miss it?
It's there, 15th from the bottom (2.5/4.3)