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https://ublockorigin.com https://ublockorigin.com Install this wonderful extension to save hours of your time and gigabytes of your bandwidth.
by ffpip 6y ago
https://ublockorigin.com https://ublockorigin.com
Install this wonderful extension to save hours of your time and gigabytes of your bandwidth.
- kowlo 6y agoAny good alternative for Safari? I knew I would get alternative browser recommendations because of my phrasing... but I was also looking forward to them!
- hetspookjee 6y agoFirefox. But kidding aside, for what I've found on adblocks for Safari you need to pay and I believe those are quite inferior in blockage to uBlock.
- S_A_P 6y agoHave to agree here. I actually quite like safari, but cant use it due to no uBlock Origin which is unfortunate. uBlock and Facebook Container have made all the difference for me.
- jws 6y agoIf you are in the "I wish Safari blocked ads" boat but don't know where to go, let me recommend an out… There are a lot of reasonable choices, I've been using Wipr for years. It does a good job of blocking ads and costs about $2. There are macOS and iOS versions, they update their lists, and because of the architecture have no access to your browsing so can never be tempted to start farming you. (No affiliation, I haven't done an extensive comparison, but this one works and isn't expensive and you can stop worrying about what to do if you do this now.)
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- hpoe 6y agoI find Firefox to be a great alternative for Safari. I joke but from what I know it is only available for Firefox and it either will soon stop working/does not work on Chrome.
- nawgz 6y agouBlock origin works fine on Chrome today as it has for years. With their new "no third party cookie" BS we might see it break but until then I don't think they can be so user hostile
- alcasa 6y agoAdguard, its also usable for free and doesn't have shady deals with ad companies.
- ben509 6y agoI run Wipr on Safari. It's quite cheap, and since I don't use Safari as my main browser, the fact that there's nothing to configure is a bonus. It was also easier to install it on my parents' computers than to convince them to change browsers.
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- Xavdidtheshadow 6y agoAdGuard is a free extension that, as far as I can tell, is on-par with uBlock Origin. It's been great so far.
- benbristow 6y agoI've flip-flopped between uBlock and AdGuard for a while now. Generally find AdGuard to be slightly better and has a much nicer UI. Also has a neat broken site reporting system in it which automatically generates a GitHub issue to fix the filter lists from a simplified form. Automatically prioritises sites via an algorithm, probably their Alexa ranking or something similar. https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues I've found the issues get fixed pretty quickly too. They've got an iOS app as well which integrates with the Safari content blocking system.
- beagle3 6y agouBlock or uBlock Origin? They are not the same thing.
- benbristow 6y agoSorry, uBlock Origin
- stirner 6y agoI use AdGuard, a content blocker that supports the major ABP lists like EasyList, Fanboy’s, etc. I wish there was a content blocker that support automatic translation of ABP lists into content blocker rules—I’ve been working on one but haven’t found the time to finish it.
- dawnerd 6y agoTo expand on adguard, you can self host their dns blocker via docker. It works really well and IMO a much nicer experience than trying to get pihole perfect.
- whycombagator 6y agoFor iOS: download Firefox focus and set it as Safaris content blocker. For desktop & mobile: use something like nextdns/adguard or pihole & consider installing it on your home networks router.
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- beagle3 6y agoI installed Magic Lasso and Firefox independently, and also together, and together they were basically perfect. (It’s been 2 years or so, for all I know, they have both advanced to the point of being sufficient alone - but I did not experiment, since everything just works so well)
- r00fus 6y agoWow, never knew FF Focus could be a content blocker on iOS. I'll try it over Wipr.
- alpaca128 6y agoNot sure how applicable this is to Macs but I found that blocklists based on the hosts file cover almost all ads. The only exceptions I encountered were YouTube ads as well as ads hosted directly on the website, which is pretty rare nowadays.
- ksec 6y agoJust use NextDNS. DNS blocking is just so much more efficient. And gets the job done 98% of time.
- dev_tty01 6y agoAs far as Mac Safari recommendations, I've tried most of them. Better seems the leanest and most effective for me. I have no relationship with the developer. https://better.fyi https://better.fyi From their website: "Better is hand-crafted by Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit striving for social justice in the digital network age. We curate our own unique blocking rules for Better based on the principles of Ethical Design." Nice app. Be aware, Better actually allows most compact, low compute, non-tracking ads. Anyone who wants to serve me respectful ads that don't abuse my privacy or my compute resources are absolutely welcome on my system. Happy to help. Non-respectful ads are not welcome. While I'm promoting small Indie browser extension makers, I also like the StopTheMadness extension. This kills lots of rude click/function hijacking that is done by many obnoxious web pages. It also stops a lot of tracking code. Again, I have no relationship with the developer. https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/ https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/ Between the two of these, browsing becomes much less user hostile.
- xtracto 6y ago/etc/hosts https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.B...
- zaphirplane 6y agoRemember the wall of text and flame wars posted on slashdot whenever hosts is mentioned
- viktorcode 6y agoI've developed my own blocker for Safari, mostly because I was tired of other blockers breaking too many sites for me. So, it is designed to be less aggressive in filtering. Give it a try if you want. It's free. https://ads-free.app/Ads-Free!%20Desktop/ https://ads-free.app/Ads-Free!%20Desktop/
- rndomsrmn 6y agohttps://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists Use this for network wide blocking of all sorts of virtual garbage. Not only for safari, but all your locally connected devices.
- hansel_der 6y agosafari on iphone uses a system-wide ad-block list, so no need for browser plugins. '1block'[1] kills even the video-ads on yt for free. 'firefox focus' has built-in ad-blocking but does not get the yt-ads afaik. [1] https://apps.apple.com/app/id1365531024 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1365531024
- catacombs 6y agoIt's 2021. Who isn't using an ad blocker?
- hansel_der 6y agohave been pressing this for around 15years meanwhile the percentage of adblock users actually got smaller. i wonder if the the fact that the most popular ad-tech company also producing the most popular mobile os has something to do with it.
- Leherenn 6y agoDoes this number includes mobile browsers? Given the big mobile browsers do not have adblockers (or even extensions altogether?), that would explain it.
- jamesgeck0 6y agoMobile Safari has had content blockers for years.
- beagle3 6y agoAnd yet, surprisingly, almost no one is aware of it. I have informed many of my technophile, uBO/ABP friends and colleagues that it’s possible, and not one of them was aware before I told them.
- hansel_der 6y agosame here. then again a lot of "technophile" folks are in webdev and favor a vanilla browser experience.
- hansel_der 6y agopretty sure that mobile and the inclusion of masses of tech-unsavy users is responsible.
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