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Ehh, I'm a pretty die-hard iOS person but ad blocking on iOS is a steaming pile of BS, to put it mildly. They flat-out don't work for 99% of ads. They're not ad
by mullingitover 5y ago
Ehh, I'm a pretty die-hard iOS person but ad blocking on iOS is a steaming pile of BS, to put it mildly. They flat-out don't work for 99% of ads. They're not ad blockers, they're domain filters, nothing more than a big hosts file, and they block absolutely nothing at the page/element level. The ad industry runs circles around 'ad blockers' on iOS.
The lack of functioning ad blocking is by far the biggest downside to iOS, and the same reason that I pity the engineers who put all that work on desktop Safari only to have it rendered worthless by their lack of ad blocking.
- aikinai 5y ago> They're not ad blockers, they're domain filters, nothing more than a big hosts file, and they block absolutely nothing at the page/element level. I don't think this is true. I use 1Blocker and it seems to have tons of element-based rules. You can also create your own element-based rules easily with the Safari share extension. You tap the element you want to remove, tap buttons to go up or down the DOM to make sure you hit the right level, and then add it to your blocklist.
- evgen 5y agoSimply not true. I have been using Firefox Focus and 1Blocker on iOS for years and ads are not significantly more noticeable than on desktop Firefox with uBlock Origin. I think you quite misinformed on this subject.
- Marsymars 5y agoIt depends on your level of blocking. I use 1Blocker and uBlock Origin, and find maximum blocking with 1Blocker to be roughly equivalent in blocking to the default "Easy mode" in uBlock Origin. "Medium mode" (combined with a few additional lists, e.g. cookie nag lists) in uBlock Origin blocks dramatically more crud.
- vxNsr 5y ago1Blocker is amazing and absolutely isn’t just a domain blocker. I’d check it out if I were you.