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Installed the iOS app and figured they would offer a content blocker for iOS Safari, just like Firefox Focus do. But their app didn't offer any. Let's hope the

• yegg 9y ago
  We're working on that. Because the content blocking mechanism doesn't offer fine-grained controls, we couldn't make it seamless and still block the things we think should be blocked -- like Google Analytics.
  • Flow 9y ago
    Hmm, can't speak for other people, but I seldom whitelist anything. I just leave or avoid the site. I also has Safari configured to go into Reader Mode automatically. Makes for a very clean web. Have DDG written anything about how you make money? I wouldn't mind paying a modest yearly fee. And I also wouldn't mind getting to vote on feature-requests such as "Better support for presenting stackoverflow results".
  • saagarjha 9y ago
    > Because the content blocking mechanism doesn't offer fine-grained controls, we couldn't make it seamless and still block the things we think should be blocked -- like Google Analytics. Just curious, what about the Content Blocking API makes this impossible? I was under the impression that you could block JavaScript from the rule list.
    • yegg 9y ago
      Some google analytics code is embedded into buttons that are essential for the Web site to operate, so if you block them then the website will cease functioning properly. To get around that, we still block it, but insert some inert code in its place that will make the button function again properly. This nuanced replacement is not available through the API -- it's more all or nothing.
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