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uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by bigyabai »

ymolodtsov wrote: post #231
tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

This doesn't really make Apple look better, but a huge part of it is surely how recent the Ublock Origin app for iOS is. New apps take time to propagate and become good responses. Which makes sense, you wouldn't want someone else to be able to instantly cover Ublock Origin itself with a copycat app (not that it doesn't happen anyway).

Seems like the copycat issue happens regardless: https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/warning-fraudulent-app-imper...

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by crossroadsguy »

bspammer wrote: post #54
MortyWaves wrote: post #44

So I tapped the link on my iPhone and was taken to the App Store. The download button is available. Great! Finally I can block ads in mobile too. It installs, opening it is a simple message saying I need to enable it in Safari settings. Strange, but ok. I go to Settings -> Safari -> Extensions -> uBlock Origin Lite. > “uBO Lite” is not available for this version of Safari. This feels like a series of failures, why is…

It seems to require iOS 18.6, it’s working for me after updating.

I didn’t know there was a 18.6. I usually get notification.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by bigyabai »

al_borland wrote: post #133
rafram wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari That’s because there’s a limit on the number of filters per extension. uBO may eventually need to do the same.

Interesting... https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/r... Sounds like I should direct a portion of my ire toward Apple on this.

Absolutely not. They are trying to protect you, can you imagine how awful Safari would be if it let you sideload such nasty extensions? It would be just like Chrome, absolutely no market variation to speak of! Despicable.

It's really AdGuard's fault for failing to fit their functionality within the arbitrary constraints Apple decided was suitable for a runtime.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by ComradeMatis »

bhaney wrote: post #242
ryandrake wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This doesn't work for phones that are limited to earlier iOS versions. Content blocking was available to developers all the way back to iOS 9. Why would these guys deliberately limit their software to only the latest versions?

There was a bug in Safari's registerContentScripts that was only just recently fixed in 18.6. uBOL needs that bugfix.

There was also bugs in the declarative net request implementation that was also just recently fixed - quite a few bugs have been holding uBlock back. The reason why uBlock hadn't come sooner was because DNR hadn't been implemented which would have required the developer to go out of their way to specifically re-write uBlock Origin to work with Apple's content blocking API but now Apple has implemented DNR it should open up the possibility for more choice in the content blocking extensions market.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by socalgal2 »

tomalpha wrote: post #23

I just searched within the (edit: iOS App Store) App Store app for ublock origin lite “ublock origin lite” For the unquoted search, there are twelve different apps/items returned above it - you really have to scroll down to find it at number 13. Even for the quoted search, it’s returned in fourth place. More interestingly the second time I searched with quoted it’s in third place, and the third time of searching the…

I needed to add search to my own website. I wanted it to be local search (the titles for the documents are all available locally). I tried several different popular 1000s of stars JavaScript search libraries. All but one failed on simple searches. Like if the title was "See Spot Run to the Park" and my search was "Park" or "Run" this title would not be listed as a result and titles with neither word would appear. I reported the issues, they were ignored as "working as intended". Not sure why anyone uses these libraries. I suspect they don't actually test. The plug them in, it appears to work at a glance, and they ship it.

I'm talking about Fuse.js, FlexSearch.js, etc.... I don't remember which other ones I tried but was shocked out bad the results were

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by eckelhesten »

quantum_mech wrote: post #255

I installed the app on my iPad iOS 18.5, then tried to enable the extension in Safari. (Settings -> Apps -> Safari -> Extensions). Result: "uBo Lite" is not supported by this version of Safari"

Yup, same thing here. Gonna try on my Mac soon. Will keep us updated.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

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Post by Cipater »

turtlebits wrote: post #247
mock-possum wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which apparently my iPhone SE doesn’t qualify for. Every time this happens, I tell myself, “maybe it’s time to try and android phone”

9 year old phone? Don't worry, google won't care about you either.

The 3rd generation iPhone SE was released in 2022.
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