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I am not surprised by the low iOS numbers, adblockers are a pain to setup and I haven’t found one as good as ublock origin. Would anyone have recommendation for

by cm2187 6y ago

I am not surprised by the low iOS numbers, adblockers are a pain to setup and I haven’t found one as good as ublock origin. Would anyone have recommendation for a good iOS adblocker?

fuzzy2 6y ago
You install the blocker and that’s it. I don’t see how it can get any easier than that. At least with Safari, you can officially have ad blocking. :D I use Adguard. It has a customized combination of the blocking lists you know from desktop browsers. Trust doesn’t really matter all that much—the blocker cannot see what you’re doing in the browser.
drukenemo 6y ago
Pi-Hole at home, NextDNS on the go. That’s my setup.
throwayws 6y ago
1Blocker works fine here. One filter (Ads) is for free.
jasonlingx 6y ago
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that iOS has “content blockers” built in. If you google “iOS ad blocker”, AdGuard should be the first result, just install the app and flip a few switches in settings to enable it. I still haven’t actually used ad blockers yet on my other browsers, only iOS Safari.
evrimfeyyaz 6y ago
I use Wipr. So far so good.
- jeffhuys 6y ago
  Wipr here as well, on macOS and iOS. Never have any problems, or ads for that matter.
michaelt 6y ago
> I haven’t found one as good as ublock origin. That's because ublock origin uses an API that is not available on iOS/Safari If you want to be generous to Apple, they're trying to stop the 90% of trash adblockers like ABP, and great adblockers like UBO are collateral damage. A cynic would say that's a combination of an admission their app store review process can't catch evildoers; and a cynical result of the fact the app store is plastered in (presumably very profitable) ads.
- GuB-42 6y ago
  90% of everything is crap (Sturgeon's law) so by that reasoning, you can block everything. And I don't know what ABP on iOS does or how it changed but the original extension wasn't trash. Sure, it has that controversial "acceptable ads" policy but it can be disabled by just unchecking a box in the settings once. I took a look at the code, compared it to a "cleaned" extension called AdBlock Edge and there wasn't much that unchecking that box didn't do. Like most people, I switched to uBlock, then UBO, but performance was the main driver. Unless there ave been some major change ABP still fit my needs, UBO is better for me but it doesn't mean the other is trash.

by cm2187 6y ago

I am not surprised by the low iOS numbers, adblockers are a pain to setup and I haven’t found one as good as ublock origin. Would anyone have recommendation for a good iOS adblocker?

fuzzy2 6y ago

You install the blocker and that’s it. I don’t see how it can get any easier than that. At least with Safari, you can officially have ad blocking. :D I use Adguard. It has a customized combination of the blocking lists you know from desktop browsers. Trust doesn’t really matter all that much—the blocker cannot see what you’re doing in the browser.

drukenemo 6y ago

Pi-Hole at home, NextDNS on the go. That’s my setup.

throwayws 6y ago

1Blocker works fine here. One filter (Ads) is for free.

jasonlingx 6y ago

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that iOS has “content blockers” built in. If you google “iOS ad blocker”, AdGuard should be the first result, just install the app and flip a few switches in settings to enable it. I still haven’t actually used ad blockers yet on my other browsers, only iOS Safari.

evrimfeyyaz 6y ago

I use Wipr. So far so good.

jeffhuys 6y ago
Wipr here as well, on macOS and iOS. Never have any problems, or ads for that matter.

michaelt 6y ago

> I haven’t found one as good as ublock origin. That's because ublock origin uses an API that is not available on iOS/Safari If you want to be generous to Apple, they're trying to stop the 90% of trash adblockers like ABP, and great adblockers like UBO are collateral damage. A cynic would say that's a combination of an admission their app store review process can't catch evildoers; and a cynical result of the fact the app store is plastered in (presumably very profitable) ads.

GuB-42 6y ago
90% of everything is crap (Sturgeon's law) so by that reasoning, you can block everything. And I don't know what ABP on iOS does or how it changed but the original extension wasn't trash. Sure, it has that controversial "acceptable ads" policy but it can be disabled by just unchecking a box in the settings once. I took a look at the code, compared it to a "cleaned" extension called AdBlock Edge and there wasn't much that unchecking that box didn't do. Like most people, I switched to uBlock, then UBO, but performance was the main driver. Unless there ave been some major change ABP still fit my needs, UBO is better for me but it doesn't mean the other is trash.