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Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by array_key_first »

latexr wrote: post #89
mort96 wrote: post #86

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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…

> 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.

This sounds like a fantastic way to get phished.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by array_key_first »

macNchz wrote: post #105
technothrasher wrote: post #73

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I get more frustrated from when they go the other direction. Google Maps, for instance. When I go to the website, it asks if I'd like to use the app instead, with the usual dark pattern of having the "no" button greyed out. But after I tell it no, as soon as I touch the search bar, it automatically opens the app anyway. I wish there was a setting in Safari that disabled websites from opening apps.

> I wish there was a setting in Safari that disabled websites from opening apps. This has been one of my biggest iOS peeves for a long time—I really wish that installing an app wasn’t a commitment to letting it handle all of the links it wants to. It’s particularly annoying because a lot of apps are terrible at actually handling the link: the app will show a login screen or some kind of interstitial and then just for…

Not sure about iOS Firefox, but on Android you can disable that altogether. Turn off "open links in apps".

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by eikenberry »

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)

I recently switched to trying iOS after all of Google's recent Android nonsense and tried all the options. Brave didn't make the cut as it failed to block all the embedded ads on reddit (my personal litmus test). The Orion browser, OTOH, did a great job at it.. and it also supports the full version of ublock-origin if I need even better ad-blocking. It has a few rough edges, but is working out to be a nice default web browser for the phone.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by advisedwang »

monocularvision wrote: post #188
uxjw wrote: post #147

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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 real…

You have it backwards: whether an app injects tracking is not a result of whether they use WKWebView of SFSafariViwController. Rather, if they want to inject tracking, they _will_ use WKWebView.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by johnisgood »

teekert wrote: post #197
johnisgood wrote: post #159

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

But, I was talking about contributing to a world with less ads… I feel like something is going wrong here.

If that is the case, then I misunderstood you.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by FateOfNations »

mort96 wrote: post #100
ptk wrote: post #99

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This behavior (as far as I can tell) has broken the Expensify iOS app for us at work. We have a conditional access policy that requires a “compliant” device to succeed the SSO login. However, only the iOS Edge browser can prove compliance and Expensify refuses to hand over that login process to the Edge browser preferring to use its own built-in browser. So login fail and as far as I can tell there is nothing we can…

I wonder what iOS Edge does which iOS Safari doesn't do, considering both are just UIs over WebKit... Not that it matters, it's still an excellent example of stuff not working because links don't work as links anymore.

> I wonder what iOS Edge does which iOS Safari doesn't do

Being a "Managed App" through MDM/Intune. Typically it's used when installing corporate apps in a BYOD scenario. The managed apps are isolated from information sharing with unmanaged apps, e.g. policies can be applied preventing copy/paste, access to Files.app, etc. It (and it's isolated storage) can also be remote wiped without nuking the whole device. Edge.app still uses the Safari rendering engine, etc. like is generally the case with 3rd party browsers on iOS.

You can't do this with Safari.app unless the whole device is managed, which doesn't work well for BYOD.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by FateOfNations »

ptk wrote: post #99
mort96 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

This behavior (as far as I can tell) has broken the Expensify iOS app for us at work. We have a conditional access policy that requires a “compliant” device to succeed the SSO login. However, only the iOS Edge browser can prove compliance and Expensify refuses to hand over that login process to the Edge browser preferring to use its own built-in browser. So login fail and as far as I can tell there is nothing we can…

The reason Expensify does that is because they want/need access to the cookies from the login flow. The in app browser provides the hosting application access to those, but they can't access Safari's cookiejar. The modern way of doing it is to put the login in Safari (or iOS's dedicated "in app browser for logins") and then redirect to something like expensify://login_complete?token=xxxxxx, which pops back over to the app. This is mostly tech debt on Expensify's part, but it might not solve the Edge vs. Safari issue.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by bazmattaz »

ornornor wrote: post #126
bazmattaz wrote: post #85

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I read that if/when Google find out that you’re not actually Albanian they’ll immediately band your entire account. So I wouldn’t recommend doing this trick for your main Google account that has your email and Google drive stuff….etc. you likely want to create a burner account just for this. Also do you connect to the Albanian VPN all the time? That would mean all the websites you connect to now think your in Albania

Google DGAF. And I don’t use their other services. Especially not email. I use their WireGuard endpoint with the WireGuard app in iOS. I have the WireGuard app icon next to YT and toggle it as I start using and stop using YT. I’ve set mullvad dns to also block ads etc so if I forget to turn the VPN off it’s not a big deal. I tried selective routing but it’s impossible to figure out the YT IPs. They overlap with GCP i…

The to be honest for me toggling on and off the VPN every time I want to watch YT is just too annoying. I’m happy just watching YT as free in safari with ad block installed.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by lapcat »

bigyabai wrote: post #200
lapcat wrote: post #178

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> Well, it's a $5 app on the App Store. ~$3.20 will go towards paying the indie dev, and most of the remaining ~$1.50 will go directly into Apple's coffers as a reward for doing such a good job locking down their operating system. This is not a defense but merely a correction: The small developer program is 85%/15% rather than 70%/30% for anyone making less than $1 million per year.

The small developer program is opt-in, AFAIK the developer will be charged the full 30% by-default unless they explicitly apply.

You can rest assured that professional App Store developers have enrolled.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by tracker1 »

mrguyorama wrote: post #193
tracker1 wrote: post #154

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Same thing in Android... I'd just prefer to launch the default browser (Brave in my case).

Not the same thing. Every link I click on my Android phone opens up and uses my preferred browser; Firefox. What are you seeing different?

By default in X, Facebook and even Google News, you get an in-app browser by default.. you can change the behavior, but it's definitely the default. Just switched to a new phone and have been updating a lot of the settings as I notice them.
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