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Yup, that's about the only way in which iOS has an advantage though. There's no good privacy protection software on iOS, no way to block known bad hosts, etc. G

Yup, that's about the only way in which iOS has an advantage though. There's no good privacy protection software on iOS, no way to block known bad hosts, etc. Go get an Android device with XPrivacy and AdAway, it's seriously the only tolerable way to use a phone these days. While the ability to add these things isn't default, it also isn't actively persecuted like on iOS. The amount of information every app you install wants to harvest is ridiculous, on iOS they can do this unchecked, even if you'd rather they not, on Android if you're willing to do a bit of work, you can have near complete control. Maybe not quite as much control as that feeling of hitting Ctrl+D for the first time after installing SoftICE, but... pretty damn good. :)

hultner 10y ago
But that's exactly what content blockers in iOS are for, they also have the benefit of not being able to send information about what's being blocked back to their apps and servers. I myself have been using Adblock Fast for quite some time now.
- problems 10y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but those content blockers only apply to safari, not apps, right? Blocking ads while browsing isn't really the issue I'm talking about - web ads are already fairly restricted in what they can do, especially if you have a decent browser with extensions. With adaway on Android I'm able to block inapp ads, statistics and demographics reporting services, crash reporting services and other privacy invading services.