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So this is basically a wrapper for Fanboy's cookie monster list? This is really nothing special IMO. Plus, the fact that the filters are inside of the app sour
by llacb47 6y ago
So this is basically a wrapper for Fanboy's cookie monster list? This is really nothing special IMO.
Plus, the fact that the filters are inside of the app source and not fetched from a remote repo means that filtering errors (false-positives) will take hours or maybe days to be fixed, as the dev will need to push out an update (or pull Fanboy's upstream fixes), it will need to be approved by Apple, and then the user will need to update the entire extension.
Compare this with uBo or Adguard, where one can manually check for updates and pull a new version of a single filter list or every filter list in ten seconds. In uBo, the user can also badfilter the offending line in the list or disable uBo from running on a specific domain.
In general, as evidenced from this issue list, cookie consent lists are somewhat problematic and can break sites. Some of these issues may be fixed by now. https://github.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/issues?q=%22easylist+cookie+list%22+is%3Aopen https://github.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/issues?q=%22easylis...
- radicaldreamer 6y agoAll these "apps" are required because Apple doesn't allow extensions like uBo to work with Safari and they force ("strongly encourage") developers who want to create simple extensions to go through and make a whole app with the right entitlements on both iOS and Mac.
- galad87 6y agoIt doesn't need to be approved by Apple. The app can download a new list directly. Or run in background and update the list when needed.
- llacb47 6y agoYes, but submitting a new version is what the dev is doing, at least right now. https://github.com/oblador/hush/issues/13#issuecomment-766392269 https://github.com/oblador/hush/issues/13#issuecomment-76639...
- kitsunesoba 6y agoYes, Wipr does exactly this. Safari content blocker extension blocklists don't have to be static — the host app and (I think) native extension code can modify blocklists as needed.