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That's an app from the guy who took over uBlock on Safari, the uBlock guy is the guy who wrote uBlock and not the same person.
so, uhm, is him reputable? I'd hate to install and ad blocker only to make the problem worse.
See also "Peace" by Marco Arment which uses data from Ghostery (and shutup.css... removing comments from sites like HN) https://peace.land/
Just bought and tried (in this order): Crystal, Purify and Peace. Each has features to like. Crystal has a great price and is the only one to let you report an ad not blocked or broken page so that the ad block list can be updated. Purify lets you block scripts and images on top of font-blocking options also in Peace. Crystal missed an ad that Purify (and Peace) caught, but Peace was the only one that seriously remov…
Except when I ran Purify with Scripts disabled on Slate, then the page loaded instantly with no ad for obvious reasons. (Sadly Purify is missing an extension to selectively enable JS.)
Searching the store, Blockr looks nice enough, specifically calling out blocking of Cookie Warnings, but other than that, seems like a more configurable Crystal with features of Peace.
1Blocker which I have yet to use, currently takes the cake on configurability -- perhaps too much so -- it lets you turn on and off individual rules as well as add your own by typing in the filter directly.
"This app is not compatible with your device" iPad (first generation with retina screen, I think), running iOS 9. What gives?
Content blocking requires a 64-bit CPU.
And no, I don't think "requires a 64-bit CPU" is sufficient to describe it.
This looks like its nice and simple, but does anyone know if there are any iOS9/El Capitan content blockers that support sync'd granular management of the actual block list?
It's in App Store review and should be out shortly.
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Content blocking requires a 64-bit CPU.
Interesting. Why is that?
Apparently, content blockers work on 32-bit CPUs, but Apple is restricting them on the store to 64-bit only. So you can go the BlockParty + EasyList route: https://github.com/krishkumar/BlockParty
It works very well.
its not Crystals fault, but its disappointing that this kind of ad blocking is unavailable for 32bit devices, like iPhone 5/5c (and below).
Indeed. I find it curious that it's not available for "performance reasons" - surely rendering an ad takes more CPU than blocking one?
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Content blocking requires a 64-bit CPU.
Ah! Thanks. It might be worthwhile to mention in the FAQ that not this does not run on all devices running iOS 9. The App Store description shows a list of supported devices, but because of the fragmentation of the iOS market :-), it is so long and incomprehensible that I don't bother to read it. And no, I don't think "requires a 64-bit CPU" is sufficient to describe it.
Just bought and tried (in this order): Crystal, Purify and Peace. Each has features to like. Crystal has a great price and is the only one to let you report an ad not blocked or broken page so that the ad block list can be updated. Purify lets you block scripts and images on top of font-blocking options also in Peace. Crystal missed an ad that Purify (and Peace) caught, but Peace was the only one that seriously remov…
That said, none are perfect. Swapping between all three and reloading Slate.com, it seemed impossible to block an after-page-load ad inserted at the top of the article via JS. Except when I ran Purify with Scripts disabled on Slate, then the page loaded instantly with no ad for obvious reasons. (Sadly Purify is missing an extension to selectively enable JS.) Searching the store, Blockr looks nice enough, specifically…