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And you can't even install ad blockers on the phone.

by erikb 9y ago

shakna 9y ago
Firefox Mobile, uBlock Origin. Adblockers are here.
- devcpp 9y ago
  Or root and AdAway if you're looking to block them in other apps as well.
- _pmf_ 9y ago
  Or Brave on Android; it's basically indistinguishable from Chrome (or whatever the Android standard browser currently is called).
  - bnolsen 9y ago
    Just tried this. Other than having to redo all my forums passwords again this browser looks to be a winner. On my phone firefox ran very slowly and hogged too many resources.
    - boyce 9y ago
      Try nightly - 57 feels like it has big performance gains on my ageing 1+
peteretep 9y ago
My iPhone has them just fine, and Android being less locked down makes me think it probably does too
- new299 9y ago
  It's possible it's more likely on Android. However I don't think it's a given that it will be prompted by Google, or will continue to be the case. Google is an advertising company. Android, does not make money through licensing. It makes money by being a vehicle for advertising. Apple on the other hand, make money through selling products. Advertising (on the web) shouldn't make much difference to them, and helps put pressure on the competing platform as well as Adblocking being a potentially valuable feature to help sell their products.
- erikb 9y ago
  How? I can't install plugins into my Chrome on iPhone 6s. And you can't switch the default browser so it only helps in 30 % of the cases (when you are not inside Facebook/Twitter/etc and when you are not clicking a link that opens the default browser)
kbart 9y ago
"And you can't even install ad blockers on the phone." Nonsense. I've been using Firefox + uBlock Origin on Android for years. There are even browsers/add-ons that can disable JavaScript completely, but I find it too much of a hassle.
- erikb 9y ago
  my mistake, can't edit my comment now. *iphone I mean
  - pmontra 9y ago
    "How to block ads on iPhone and iPad" http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/how-block-ads-on-iphone-ipad-3627089/ http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/how-block-ads-on-ip...
  - briandear 9y ago
    Crystal for iOS as one example. Safari provides support for adblockers in both mobile and desktop.
PeachPlum 9y ago
But you can install Brendan Eich's ad-blocking Brave browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)
- erikb 9y ago
  I'll try this one on all my phones. Thanks.
winterlight 9y ago
My browsing experience on a mobile phone stepped up greatly since I started using Firefox Focus. You don't even need to mess around with plugins because ad blocking is already a built-in core feature.
ljcn 9y ago
As others have said, now is actually a really rich time for ad/tracker-blocking browsers: * Brave * Firefox Focus * Ghostery to name but three.

And you can't even install ad blockers on the phone.

by erikb 9y ago

And you can't even install ad blockers on the phone.

shakna 9y ago

Firefox Mobile, uBlock Origin. Adblockers are here.

devcpp 9y ago
Or root and AdAway if you're looking to block them in other apps as well.
_pmf_ 9y ago
Or Brave on Android; it's basically indistinguishable from Chrome (or whatever the Android standard browser currently is called).
- bnolsen 9y ago
  Just tried this. Other than having to redo all my forums passwords again this browser looks to be a winner. On my phone firefox ran very slowly and hogged too many resources.
  - boyce 9y ago
    Try nightly - 57 feels like it has big performance gains on my ageing 1+

peteretep 9y ago

My iPhone has them just fine, and Android being less locked down makes me think it probably does too

new299 9y ago
It's possible it's more likely on Android. However I don't think it's a given that it will be prompted by Google, or will continue to be the case. Google is an advertising company. Android, does not make money through licensing. It makes money by being a vehicle for advertising. Apple on the other hand, make money through selling products. Advertising (on the web) shouldn't make much difference to them, and helps put pressure on the competing platform as well as Adblocking being a potentially valuable feature to help sell their products.
erikb 9y ago
How? I can't install plugins into my Chrome on iPhone 6s. And you can't switch the default browser so it only helps in 30 % of the cases (when you are not inside Facebook/Twitter/etc and when you are not clicking a link that opens the default browser)

kbart 9y ago

"And you can't even install ad blockers on the phone." Nonsense. I've been using Firefox + uBlock Origin on Android for years. There are even browsers/add-ons that can disable JavaScript completely, but I find it too much of a hassle.

erikb 9y ago
my mistake, can't edit my comment now. *iphone I mean
- pmontra 9y ago
  "How to block ads on iPhone and iPad" http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/how-block-ads-on-iphone-ipad-3627089/ http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/how-block-ads-on-ip...
- briandear 9y ago
  Crystal for iOS as one example. Safari provides support for adblockers in both mobile and desktop.

PeachPlum 9y ago

But you can install Brendan Eich's ad-blocking Brave browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

erikb 9y ago
I'll try this one on all my phones. Thanks.

winterlight 9y ago

My browsing experience on a mobile phone stepped up greatly since I started using Firefox Focus. You don't even need to mess around with plugins because ad blocking is already a built-in core feature.

ljcn 9y ago

As others have said, now is actually a really rich time for ad/tracker-blocking browsers: * Brave * Firefox Focus * Ghostery to name but three.