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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 threatofrain »

pasteldream wrote: post #29
threatofrain wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine there's a business that can't really enforce whether you walk out without providing compensation. You realize you have the home court advantage on enforcement and guess what, you don't want to pay. It's your browser/wallet and that's your prerogative. But what does that mean about how tempting their goods are? Do we have prerogative to these goods? Should we live in a world where we only permit business model…

You know, I do not actually know that a website had ads before clicking on a link to it; I would be happy to only visit websites without ads. It’s scummy to shove ads in my face without at least warning me and giving me a chance to leave, I think.

Fair point. There should be a header to reveal whether the payload has ads. Then you can refuse right there.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by reddalo »

JSR_FDED wrote: post #31

I'm wondering which ad blocker you've had success with...specifically I'm wondering: - Does this also block ads on Youtube (in the browser)? - Can this block Youtube Shorts (they're way too addictive for me)?

The best way to block YouTube Shorts is using a modified APK on Android. Plus, you don't get ads.

I'd almost use the "real" YouTube app with ads on, if I could disable Shorts entirely.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by teekert »

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 think this is sarcastic?

I mean I pay on several websites to not see ads, so it (paying to remove ads) seems like the normalest thing. And it should be the normalest thing.

The only weird thing here is that we pay a party that is not the one serving the ads, so the primary misses income from ads and potentially paying customers.

But I suspect that is what you meant with your remark.

Moreover, paying on every website is just insane overkill and very expense compared to the value you get from occasional visits (the sites I subscribe to I visit multiple times a day and they provide business value).

Something like Alby [0] could solve this though. But Crypto currency has become a dirty word around here ;) (Alby does allow fractions of cents to be transferred, like a stream, on website visits, it (among others) also powers per-second paying for Podcasts streams, splitting revenue between multiple podcast hosts, the podcast app and the central index if set up that way. It's hard to set up though, something fiat-currency, based with 0 overhead would be nice...).

[0] https://getalby.com/

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by mrklol »

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 mean… putting the app onto the store costs a yearly fee + development costs. I don’t think the dev should pay that out of their own pocket.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by ornornor »

dry_soup wrote: post #21
ornornor wrote: post #17

In all these years I haven’t found a better solution than DNS blocking with NextDNS on iOS. The only place I get ads is YT (but for that I have an Albanian VPN)

I block YouTube ads on iOS by watching in the browser (with no YouTube app installed) and using AdGuard.

YT in the browser on iOS is torture.

Re: uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store

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Post by islon »

SoKamil wrote: post #38
joak wrote: post #32

The normal uBlock origin extension can be installed on Orion browser for iOS Orion is webkit and can be set as default browser.

Unfortunately uBlock Origin on Orion is a bit flaky. Also, the phone heats up a bit, but that might be due to Orion itself.

Yeah, I have the same problem. Had to stop using Orion because it always heated up the phone too much. A shame. Hopefully they fix it.
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