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I noticed this for the first time this morning - I hadn't heard about any changes ahead of time. I accidentally used the web for about three minutes a few week

by jen20 7y ago

I noticed this for the first time this morning - I hadn't heard about any changes ahead of time. I accidentally used the web for about three minutes a few weeks ago without Ghostery installed, and the experience was quite miserable. It actually led me to finally buy a Raspberry Pi and put PiHole on my home network. If Safari doesn't continue to support ad blocking for when I'm outside my home network ("Ghostery Lite" is in the App Store, but I haven't fully evaluated it yet), I will switch away from Safari as a primary browser - probably to Firefox. I'm not sure I view this in the same light as a Google, however. There is a content-blocking API which seems to work OK, and Apple do not rely on privacy invasion for a substantial portion of their income.

bobbylarrybobby 7y ago
Safari supports the same sort of ad blocking as a pi hole -- specifying a list of domains to block. This is available in so-called content blocking extensions.
- jen20 7y ago
  So far I haven't spotted a problem with Safari's new content blocking mechanism (using Ghostery Lite). I still prefer the PiHole because it applies to all devices without additional configuration.