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Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Moto G Power 5G 2024 It is a cheap phone I think I got it new at $160 and that's the thing it has 8GB of RAM, the pictures are subpar (blurring) but other than that it works for me, multi-app non-game This is on Verizon but yeah it'll just install new games and say "Enjoy these new apps" I'm like wtf I think most recently one of the games it installed is Mahjong edit: apparently it's MotoApps doing it

If MotoApps are doing this, it is impressive they can also do that on Samsung phones: https://community.verizon.com/t5/Mobile-Network-Archive/Game...

I got a notification from Verizon App Manager so it might be that one too, I disabled that also

Oh my bad that's literally the link you posted yeah

I got MotoApps from this post https://www.reddit.com/r/motorola/comments/1dl001c/motorola_...

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Safari does not respect the operating system’s DNS settings, it uses its own. I have seen several reports online that you can disable this behaviour by turning off iCloud Private Relay or disabling Advanced Tracking and Fingerprint Protection, but was never able to do so with various combinations.

iCloud Private Relay is the only thing that stops Safari using your NextDNS config, turn that off and you're golden. I've been using NextDNS since it launched, I love it.

We just ran into this testing web filtering with Cloudflare DNS. You are correct that iCloud Private Relay bypasses the configured DNS servers, but there is another spot - the "Advanced Tracking and Fingerprint Protection" that is a setting in Safari (Settings, Safari, Advanced Settings.) It is on by default for the Private Mode browsing.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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> Safari does not respect the operating system’s DNS settings, it uses its own. I have known this for a long time, and still find it shocking. I run Graphene on a Pixel now (with my own DNS server), so I don't really care, but I feel bad for the hundreds of millions of Apple users who think that Apple is a "privacy-respecting" company.

I don't think this behavior is expected. When I've tested it, I was able to get DNS to behave in the expected manner. Apple does make design decisions that can be frustrating, but in most cases I find 1) there's a way to work around it or 2) the decision was the lesser of two evils. Absolutely love GOS as well. What are you using for your DNS server?

I run Unbound on my server for DNS.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Safari does not respect the operating system’s DNS settings, it uses its own. I have seen several reports online that you can disable this behaviour by turning off iCloud Private Relay or disabling Advanced Tracking and Fingerprint Protection, but was never able to do so with various combinations.

iCloud Private Relay is the only thing that stops Safari using your NextDNS config, turn that off and you're golden. I've been using NextDNS since it launched, I love it.

Looks like I need to pay for iCloud+ subscription to disable this.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Why not just pay for a subscription instead of VPN?

Because I don’t want to give google any money. And mullvad has many other uses besides blocking YT ads.

> Because I don’t want to give google any money.

Don't use Youtube then.

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Some apps have a setting to clear data and I swear I’ve seen cached data in that before but I could be mistaken

I know they do, but the effectiveness of these "clear data" settings varies wildly and it's mildly infuriating. For instance, in my experience Telegram's works pretty well, X's not at all.

Oh absolutely, and a lot of apps don’t seem to offer the option at all anymore from what I can see.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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How so? I also use adguard and yt on browser in ios works brilliantly.

Rewinding the video by double tapping left or skipping ahead by double tapping right, enabling subtitles, watching in 2x speed, full screen, toggling back and forth without losing your place in the video. You get no ads but everything else sucks. I haven’t tried sibling’s suggestion for vinegar though, I’m taking about stock with a dns blocker.

all those things work perfectly for me in the browser . Occasioally if you double tap too fast it doesn't like it. but 2x speed, subs. toggling, dbl taps. all work great in safari on ios. I often have 2 or 3 videos that i watch over the course of a few days. I just leave them in tabs and come back to them as i get time. can't do that with the app.
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