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Adguard is 99% the same, and free, and on iOS.

kruuuder 5y ago
Ad blockers on Safari are apparently unable to block YouTube ads, due to API limitations. I wish Firefox wouldn't excessively drain the battery on macOS, and Chrome wouldn't excessively drain personal data to Google, and Brave wouldn't excessively violate the trust of its users. As of today, there's not a single browser on macOS that I don't strongly dislike. Looks like Safari won't improve soon.
- pram 5y ago
  Adguard blocks YouTube ads. Maybe actually try it before dismissing it lol
  - kruuuder 5y ago
    I tried 1blocker and Wipr. Both failed to block YouTube ads due to said API limitations (as confirmed by their devs). If it's in fact an API limitation, why bother trying yet another blocker? After your reply, I did a quick search for Adguard and found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Adguard/comments/nahkk4/adguard_not_blocking_youtube_ads/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Adguard/comments/nahkk4/adguard_not...
PeterisP 5y ago
Is it free? I'm looking at the Mac download now and it says that it's a 14-day trial with a monthly subscription afterwards, and I'm not entirely happy with relying on a subscription-based service.
- michelb 5y ago
  It is not. But you can buy a cheap lifetime family account for Adguard on stacksocial for $20/$29. (not affiliated, but extremely happy user, been using it for years)
- pram 5y ago
  Adguard for Safari is free. Adguard for Mac is a separate thing (that costs money) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-for-safari/id1440147259?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-for-safari/id144014725...
wintermutestwin 5y ago
Adguard is NOT free. Beyond that, it is the worst plague of the modern computing age - subscription. An ad blocker has access to extremely invasive data and Adblock wants me to pay them a subscription so they can get my PII and associate it with my browsing? It is also not Open Source so I can't rely on the hope that someone smarter than me would have caught its dirty tricks. I use Safari for a tiny subset of my browsing due to this gaping hole...
- pram 5y ago
  Adguard for Safari is both free and open source https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari
  - wintermutestwin 5y ago
    You are right - I searched "adblock safari."
saagarjha 5y ago
AdGuard runs an Electron app in the background, though.

Ad blockers on Safari are apparently unable to block YouTube ads, due to API limitations. I wish Firefox wouldn't excessively drain the battery on macOS, and Chrome wouldn't excessively drain personal data to Google, and Brave wouldn't excessively violate the trust of its users. As of today, there's not a single browser on macOS that I don't strongly dislike. Looks like Safari won't improve soon.

pram 5y ago
Adguard blocks YouTube ads. Maybe actually try it before dismissing it lol
- kruuuder 5y ago
  I tried 1blocker and Wipr. Both failed to block YouTube ads due to said API limitations (as confirmed by their devs). If it's in fact an API limitation, why bother trying yet another blocker? After your reply, I did a quick search for Adguard and found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Adguard/comments/nahkk4/adguard_not_blocking_youtube_ads/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Adguard/comments/nahkk4/adguard_not...

PeterisP 5y ago

Is it free? I'm looking at the Mac download now and it says that it's a 14-day trial with a monthly subscription afterwards, and I'm not entirely happy with relying on a subscription-based service.

michelb 5y ago
It is not. But you can buy a cheap lifetime family account for Adguard on stacksocial for $20/$29. (not affiliated, but extremely happy user, been using it for years)
pram 5y ago
Adguard for Safari is free. Adguard for Mac is a separate thing (that costs money) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-for-safari/id1440147259?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-for-safari/id144014725...

wintermutestwin 5y ago

Adguard is NOT free. Beyond that, it is the worst plague of the modern computing age - subscription. An ad blocker has access to extremely invasive data and Adblock wants me to pay them a subscription so they can get my PII and associate it with my browsing? It is also not Open Source so I can't rely on the hope that someone smarter than me would have caught its dirty tricks. I use Safari for a tiny subset of my browsing due to this gaping hole...

pram 5y ago
Adguard for Safari is both free and open source https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari
- wintermutestwin 5y ago
  You are right - I searched "adblock safari."

saagarjha 5y ago

AdGuard runs an Electron app in the background, though.