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uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by latexr »

mh- wrote: post #132
latexr wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you click a link in an app, it opens in an in-app web view where you're not logged in But you could be. You could log in from the in-app web view, and it would be remembered and compartmentalised in that app, so that next time you click a link you’re logged in.

Nowadays most providers (and IT teams managing SSO) log out stale sessions quickly, so by the time he clicked another link to it in Slack he'd probably be logged out, again. It really is a bad user experience all around.

If it happened that fast, then logging in outside the in-app browser wouldn’t make much of a difference, you’d have to be constantly doing it anyway.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

mlok wrote: post #71

The lack of proper adblocker on iOS is what convinced me to use the Brave browser instead of Firefox or Safari. An adblocker is included by default. And as a bonus : possibility to keep music videos playing while changing app. (A parameter has to be switched for that though)

Every time I read this I ask for example of which web pages do you see ads using 1Blocker that uses th4 content blocking framework that has been around for a decade.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

tapete2 wrote: post #8
trenchpilgrim wrote: post #3

We already have Wipr 2 ( https://kaylees.site/wipr2.html ) on the App store which is a pretty dang great ad blocker and well worth the price.

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I paid a one time lifetime fee of $6 for 1Blocker over 10 years ago for iOS.

They have a new version that is now $40 for a lifetime license. But the old version still works.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

johnisgood wrote: post #159
carlosjobim wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's been normal for thousands of years to pay for services which you use.

Cool, no one argued against that. I will not contribute to an ad-ridden world (whether by paying or using), but you do you.

You realize Hacker News is marketing for YC right?

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by runjake »

I wanted uBlock Origin Lite to win, but based on my personal experience with uBlock Origin Lite, 1Blocker, and Wipr, I find that 1Blocker blocks far more on the sites I visit. uBlock Origin Lite and Wipr are roughly equal in second place. YMMV.

It helps to run everything by Cover Your Tracks[1], too.

1. https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by Barbing »

gorhill wrote: post #125
tpierce89 wrote: post #115

uBo paired with 1Blocker and Hush has my safari running at 100% blocked on all the adblock test sites. I was only at 84% with Adguard. Its a small improvement, but I'll take it.

Those "adblock test" sites misinform people, they should never be used as they lead people to make bad decisions regarding their choice of content blockers.[1] [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1985170#c3

TIL direct from GOAThill

Good read: adblock test sites can be wildly inaccurate (alerting to connections that never made it, given redirect to the local shim resource) and can easily be gamed.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by monocularvision »

uxjw wrote: post #147
tech234a wrote: post #2

I’ve been using uBlock Origin Lite on iOS for several months now, but one shortcoming I see with the newer WebExtensions implementation in Safari is that WebExtensions can’t be used with the in-app Safari views, meaning extensions such as this one don’t work with in-app Safari views. There was an older Safari content blocker API that did work with the in-app Safari views, but it seems like apps are being updated to s…

Meta uses the in app browsers to inject trackers on every site you visit. https://krausefx.com//blog/ios-privacy-instagram-and-faceboo... Probably others doing the same. I always open pages in full safari and use NextDns to block trackers in all apps.

This is heavily dependent on whether the app is using a WKWebView, in which the app developer has almost total control over the experience or SFSafariViewController, which essentially provides a mini-Safari with back/forward/reload/reader mode buttons with a button in the lower right hander corner that takes you to full Safari. In the latter case, the app developer has very little customization and cannot see or really control what is happening inside of the web view.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by johnisgood »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #184
johnisgood wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool, no one argued against that. I will not contribute to an ad-ridden world (whether by paying or using), but you do you.

You realize Hacker News is marketing for YC right?

Hacker News is shoving ads down your throat? I have no idea how you could compare it to what websites are typically doing, or what YouTube is doing.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by [deleted] »

mort96 wrote: post #86
djxfade wrote: post #57

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As a side note, I personally HATE apps that opens links in an in-app web view (apps like Instagram, Facebook, etc). I really wish Apple could have a system wide preference where it could force in-app web views to open in the browser.

It has frustrated me for a LONG time that we have all collectively seemingly decide to break links. It used to be that you could click a link in an app, it opens in your web browser where you're already logged in to the relevant service, so you get to see the content the link points to. These days, you click a link in an app, it opens in an in-app web view where you're not logged in, so you just see a login screen. N…

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