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Uh, what? Content Blockers on iOS aren't scummy, they can't track you because all they do is provide filter lists to the OS, which then runs them against your b

Uh, what? Content Blockers on iOS aren't scummy, they can't track you because all they do is provide filter lists to the OS, which then runs them against your browser traffic. They work just fine in Firefox. Firefox Focus provides its tracking protection list as a Safari Content Blocker, which is nice. Other than that, I use AdGuard because it's free and lets you choose which filter lists to use. You have to enable content blockers in Settings → Safari → Content Blockers. Just downloading the app without following the instructions is not enough.

ginko 7y ago
>AdGuard I'm sorry, but a closed-source ad blocker offered by a for-profit company and offering a pro version seems scummy to me.
- lorenzhs 7y ago
  I'm sorry, but that's nonsense. AdGuard doesn't have any scummy stuff like "acceptable ads", they make money by providing a fully functional free ad-blocker and selling a version that has more features. That's as un-scummy as it gets. (I have no relation to them. I use the free version. It does everything I want.) By the way, you can get the source code at https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS. There's also a list of open-source content blockers at https://old.reddit.com/comments/btlwda/ https://old.reddit.com/comments/btlwda/, some of them are non-commercial.
  - ginko 7y ago
    Welp, I tried AdGuard again and it still doesn't work with Firefox. Safari blocks ads just fine but Firefox still shows them.
    - Marsymars 7y ago
      iOS content blockers only work with Safari.
      - praveenweb 7y ago
        Adguard Pro in VPN mode works system wide on iOS. I personally use this filter list https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
      - lorenzhs 7y ago
        That's not entirely true, it also works in apps that embed safari (e.g. twitter's in-app browser). I didn't see any ads in a quick test with Firefox on iOS, but maybe that was Firefox's tracking protection, not a content blocker.

ginko 7y ago

>AdGuard I'm sorry, but a closed-source ad blocker offered by a for-profit company and offering a pro version seems scummy to me.

lorenzhs 7y ago
I'm sorry, but that's nonsense. AdGuard doesn't have any scummy stuff like "acceptable ads", they make money by providing a fully functional free ad-blocker and selling a version that has more features. That's as un-scummy as it gets. (I have no relation to them. I use the free version. It does everything I want.) By the way, you can get the source code at https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS. There's also a list of open-source content blockers at https://old.reddit.com/comments/btlwda/ https://old.reddit.com/comments/btlwda/, some of them are non-commercial.
- ginko 7y ago
  Welp, I tried AdGuard again and it still doesn't work with Firefox. Safari blocks ads just fine but Firefox still shows them.
  - Marsymars 7y ago
    iOS content blockers only work with Safari.
    - praveenweb 7y ago
      Adguard Pro in VPN mode works system wide on iOS. I personally use this filter list https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
    - lorenzhs 7y ago
      That's not entirely true, it also works in apps that embed safari (e.g. twitter's in-app browser). I didn't see any ads in a quick test with Firefox on iOS, but maybe that was Firefox's tracking protection, not a content blocker.