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Currently Safari complains that uBO will slow down your browser. But it still lets you load it.

• Despegar 7y ago
  Yes but as far as I understand it doesn't actually use the native API. The Content Blocker API has benefits from a performance and privacy perspective.
  • kitsunesoba 7y ago
    Yes, content blocker extensions are many times more lightweight than old-style blocker extensions (virtually zero negative impact on resource usage and site load speed), can never be hijacked to do anything malicious, and know nothing about you or your web traffic. I use them on my iOS/macOS devices and the their effectiveness is quite apparent, especially on the iPhone where CPU and bandwidth aren’t as abundant.
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• tomc1985 7y ago
  Does your uBO actually do anything now? I seem to recall seeing that message and letting it run but also noticed that stopped blocking things
  • dan1234 7y ago
    Still working fine for me (uBO 1.16.0 on macOS 10.14.5/Safari 12.1.1).
• ballenf 7y ago
  Development has stopped on the Safari extension due to the kneecapping of its capabilities in Mojave. Maybe the upcoming Chrome change will spark renewed interest in getting it to work to the extent possible.
• saagarjha 7y ago
  This will likely stop before the next version of macOS ships: Safari Technology Preview refuses to load legacy extensions already.