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uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by armchairhacker »

TheDong wrote: post #96
flixing wrote: post #68

arrghh it's full - how to get in?

First, clone this repository and run 'make mv3-safari' https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/e33bfc1f0176e56d479f0... Now you have the extension built, and you have two options for getting it onto your device: 1. Pay $100/year for a developer license, create your own testflight for yourself and your friends, upload it, there you go Or 2. Move to a european country to enable side-loading, pay $100/year for a develope…

You can install without paying $100/year. You have to reinstall the app every week but settings/data/etc. are preserved. You need a mac.

https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/tutorials/build..., and enable “Developer Mode” in your phone’s settings.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by Larrikin »

godelski wrote: post #60
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> from what i understand orion is overflowing with bugs I use it as a daily driver on macOS. Not noticing the bugs anymore.

I use it on iPhone, it has lots of bugs. But it's worth it for the ad blocking

Why not just use AdGuard or PiHole?

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by rsync »

viktorcode wrote: post #107
rsync wrote: post #106

It is deeply disappointing how poorly Apple implements privacy tools and technologies. To wit: It is 2025 and you cannot configure a DoH endpoint in Safari on either iOS or OSX. Further, enabling DoH in iOS involves an experts-only plist file download which has many esoteric failure modes that are difficult to track and have poor (nonexistent ?) documentation. Finally, any regular person (like my wife) will have an a…

I might be misunderstanding your problem, but if you want to easily switch DNS there is an iOS app I was using. Sadly, don’t remember what it was called, but I’m sure an AppStore search will yield possible solutions

We should not need an app - nor a fraught trust model and software supply chain analysis - to set a basic network setting.

I appreciate your help but I'm not downloading some rando app to set a DNS server.

Your child is getting flagged/downvoted for pointing out that Android has actual DNS settings and that person is correct.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by saintfire »

viktorcode wrote: post #108
TheDong wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The code's all open source: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/e33bfc1f0176e56d479f0... Just build your own copy, give apple $100/year for a developer license, move to a country in the EU, and then you can "sideload" this open-source code onto your device. You also need something running macOS.

… or sideboard for free for a week.

Not sure if this was a sarcastic jab or an genuine proposed solution but I laughed either way.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by hoistbypetard »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #53
toofy wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from what i understand orion is overflowing with bugs. even without the bugs, after everything we’ve been through with crazy shit from closed sourced browser companies, the last thing i’d install would be orion/kagi. lol nuh uh. not a chance i’d trust an ai company with almost the entirety of my online existence—especially when they close off and hide what they’re doing.

> from what i understand orion is overflowing with bugs I use it as a daily driver on macOS. Not noticing the bugs anymore.

Do you use Bitwarden with it, by any chance? I daily drove it for quite a while, about mid 2022-late 2023. Poor bitwarden support plus a pile of paper cuts drove me away. When it worked as intended, I liked it, and I'm not opposed to paying for a good browser, but it was too buggy at that time for a subscription to feel like a good deal.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by hoistbypetard »

stranded22 wrote: post #55
toofy wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from what i understand orion is overflowing with bugs. even without the bugs, after everything we’ve been through with crazy shit from closed sourced browser companies, the last thing i’d install would be orion/kagi. lol nuh uh. not a chance i’d trust an ai company with almost the entirety of my online existence—especially when they close off and hide what they’re doing.

AI company? I thought Orion is made by Kagi?

They started peddling an AI assistant a while back:

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/assistant.html

I don't think I'd have called them an AI company on that basis any more than I'd call JetBrains an AI company for the same reason. But I can see why someone might call them that.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by Marsymars »

sandstrom wrote: post #65

On this topic, I have to recommend Hush! It is an excellent free, open-source and well-maintained app for iOS. https://oblador.github.io/hush/

> On this topic, I have to recommend Hush! It is an excellent free, open-source and well-maintained app for iOS.

Is it? I don’t see any maintainer activity is the past six months.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by oktoberpaard »

rsync wrote: post #106

It is deeply disappointing how poorly Apple implements privacy tools and technologies. To wit: It is 2025 and you cannot configure a DoH endpoint in Safari on either iOS or OSX. Further, enabling DoH in iOS involves an experts-only plist file download which has many esoteric failure modes that are difficult to track and have poor (nonexistent ?) documentation. Finally, any regular person (like my wife) will have an a…

FWIW: you can disable DoH without uninstalling the profile. General -> VPN & device management -> DNS -> automatic.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

HexDecOctBin wrote: post #28

It's a shame Firefox on iOS has failed/refused to support third-party content filters [1] since 2019. Just because they can't bring Gecko doesn't mean they shouldn't try to gain mindshare for the Mozilla Firefox brand on one of the biggest platforms, yet they refuse to put in the resources. 1: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/5198

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS

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Post by hombre_fatal »

Krasnol wrote: post #56
GeekyBear wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't dont see any additional value, then chose choose one of the free ad blocking options. One of the nice things for developers working in the Apple ecosystem is that users are willing to support well crafted software. Although, sometimes you do run into developers as selfless as Gorhill who still craft excellent software.

Don't you have to pay money to host your app there in the first place which is why there is so few good, free applications? Also: what would be "additional value" in an adblocker? Either it works or it doesn't.

Well, what do you think makes them work or not? A lot of constant work.
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