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Actually certain functionalities necessary for uBlock origin are still blocked, so the port is not possible as of yet: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/com

by fdalvi 6y ago

Actually certain functionalities necessary for uBlock origin are still blocked, so the port is not possible as of yet: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/hdz0bo/will_ublock_origin_back_to_macos_big_sur/fvoc7wk/ https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/hdz0bo/will_u...

_qulr 6y ago
> not possible as of yet Never. The Safari team already (wrongly) feels that their Safari-specific "content blocker" API is adequate, and moreover, Google Chrome has announced the deprecation of the webRequest blocking API used by uBlock Origin, so it almost certainly won't be ported to Safari, and it's an open question how long uBlock Origin will even last on Chrome in the future.
- stephenr 6y ago
  It’s funny that you call it inadequate while a bunch of developers make very useful products based around it.
  - _qulr 6y ago
    Why is that funny? The point is that they're less effective at blocking than uBlock Origin, not that they're useless.
    - stephenr 6y ago
      To claim something is not adequate is to claim it can’t do the job. Ad/tracker blockers based on Apples content blocker framework absolutely do work. So when I said funny, I meant funny as in, “this meat smells funny”.
      - _qulr 6y ago
        This is unhelpful quibbling over the semantics of one word. You know what I meant. Everyone knows what I meant. I even explained in more detail what I meant. You're also wrong about the word, but I'm not going to bother arguing that here. Please refrain from writing "this meat smells funny" comments on HN. You could go around commenting on typos too, which happen all the time, but that's not at all helpful.
        stephenr 6y ago
        Definition of adequate 1 : sufficient for a specific need or requirement adequate time an amount of money adequate to supply their needs also : good enough : of a quality that is good or acceptable a machine that does an adequate job : of a quality that is acceptable but not better than acceptable Her first performance was merely adequate.
  - smoldesu 6y ago
    Plenty of developers use inadequate tools every day, as evidenced by the population of Mac owners. The success of deeply flawed languages like Java and Javascript are also good examples. Ultimately though, using Safari is no laughing matter. Any browser without uBlock Origin is off to a pretty terrible start, and since Big Sur, Apple has made it impossible to browse the web without them phoning home and farming analytics from your machine. Ironically, Safari has become one of the least private browsers available, simply by the virtue of it's presence on Big Sur.

by fdalvi 6y ago

_qulr 6y ago

> not possible as of yet Never. The Safari team already (wrongly) feels that their Safari-specific "content blocker" API is adequate, and moreover, Google Chrome has announced the deprecation of the webRequest blocking API used by uBlock Origin, so it almost certainly won't be ported to Safari, and it's an open question how long uBlock Origin will even last on Chrome in the future.

stephenr 6y ago
It’s funny that you call it inadequate while a bunch of developers make very useful products based around it.
- _qulr 6y ago
  Why is that funny? The point is that they're less effective at blocking than uBlock Origin, not that they're useless.
  - stephenr 6y ago
    To claim something is not adequate is to claim it can’t do the job. Ad/tracker blockers based on Apples content blocker framework absolutely do work. So when I said funny, I meant funny as in, “this meat smells funny”.
    - _qulr 6y ago
      This is unhelpful quibbling over the semantics of one word. You know what I meant. Everyone knows what I meant. I even explained in more detail what I meant. You're also wrong about the word, but I'm not going to bother arguing that here. Please refrain from writing "this meat smells funny" comments on HN. You could go around commenting on typos too, which happen all the time, but that's not at all helpful.
      - stephenr 6y ago
        Definition of adequate 1 : sufficient for a specific need or requirement adequate time an amount of money adequate to supply their needs also : good enough : of a quality that is good or acceptable a machine that does an adequate job : of a quality that is acceptable but not better than acceptable Her first performance was merely adequate.
- smoldesu 6y ago
  Plenty of developers use inadequate tools every day, as evidenced by the population of Mac owners. The success of deeply flawed languages like Java and Javascript are also good examples. Ultimately though, using Safari is no laughing matter. Any browser without uBlock Origin is off to a pretty terrible start, and since Big Sur, Apple has made it impossible to browse the web without them phoning home and farming analytics from your machine. Ironically, Safari has become one of the least private browsers available, simply by the virtue of it's presence on Big Sur.