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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked I couldn't find any content blocker for MacOS Safari that would block pre-roll Youtube ads whereas uBlo

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked I couldn't find any content blocker for MacOS Safari that would block pre-roll Youtube ads whereas uBlock Origin in Chrome, Firefox, etc. does not have this problem.

olliej 5y ago
1Blocker works for me and has good support
ezfe 5y ago
Wipr blocks them for me
- smoldesu 5y ago
  Right, for $2 and no access to the source code.
  - olliej 5y ago
    Ah, so you mean you want a free solution, because why should the devs of an extension that you obviously value earn anything from their work?
    - endisneigh 5y ago
      Well that’s why they’re adblocking to begin with - to prevent monetization
    - _jal 5y ago
      Speaking only for me, I'm OK with paying, but trusting browser extensions, as they currently exist, is hard.
      - ruohola 5y ago
        Do you know how Safari content blockers are implemented? They by design cannot do much malicious stuff.
    - smoldesu 5y ago
      I want a free solution because that's the standard in the space. I shouldn't have to pay money to make a browser with less features have parity with a better developed one.
  - iknowstuff 5y ago
    Safari content blockers don’t get access to the website. They merely present a list of selectors to block, and Safari does the rest. So the lack of source code access is benign, by design.
    - frankjr 5y ago
      Content blockers don't have access to websites, but they themselves need to be "hosted" within a native application, right? And that application can potentially do more than just provide a list of rules to Safari.
      - ezfe 5y ago
        Along with any other application...on your phone, yet you don't ask for the source code to those?
        frankjr 5y ago
        I should have specified I'm talking about macOS.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  I use Wipr too, but it seems like a couple months ago, Google figured out how to get past it since I see shippable ads 50% or more of the time. I used to never see them.
  - ezfe 5y ago
    It comes and goes - the Wipr guy does make a lot of tweaks pretty frequently, if you pull up his twitter
knolan 5y ago
Probably the best use for a Touch Bar is scrubbing through Youtube ads.
gilgoomesh 5y ago
Vinegar
happybuy 5y ago
I develop an ad blocker - Magic Lasso Adblock [1] for Safari that flawlessly and completely blocks all ads in YouTube. It works across iPhone, iPad and Mac. So it can be done and the experience works when implemented correctly. [1] https://www.magiclasso.co/ https://www.magiclasso.co/

olliej 5y ago

1Blocker works for me and has good support

ezfe 5y ago

Wipr blocks them for me

smoldesu 5y ago
Right, for $2 and no access to the source code.
- olliej 5y ago
  Ah, so you mean you want a free solution, because why should the devs of an extension that you obviously value earn anything from their work?
  - endisneigh 5y ago
    Well that’s why they’re adblocking to begin with - to prevent monetization
  - _jal 5y ago
    Speaking only for me, I'm OK with paying, but trusting browser extensions, as they currently exist, is hard.
    - ruohola 5y ago
      Do you know how Safari content blockers are implemented? They by design cannot do much malicious stuff.
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    I want a free solution because that's the standard in the space. I shouldn't have to pay money to make a browser with less features have parity with a better developed one.
- iknowstuff 5y ago
  Safari content blockers don’t get access to the website. They merely present a list of selectors to block, and Safari does the rest. So the lack of source code access is benign, by design.
  - frankjr 5y ago
    Content blockers don't have access to websites, but they themselves need to be "hosted" within a native application, right? And that application can potentially do more than just provide a list of rules to Safari.
    - ezfe 5y ago
      Along with any other application...on your phone, yet you don't ask for the source code to those?
      - frankjr 5y ago
        I should have specified I'm talking about macOS.
lotsofpulp 5y ago
I use Wipr too, but it seems like a couple months ago, Google figured out how to get past it since I see shippable ads 50% or more of the time. I used to never see them.
- ezfe 5y ago
  It comes and goes - the Wipr guy does make a lot of tweaks pretty frequently, if you pull up his twitter

knolan 5y ago

Probably the best use for a Touch Bar is scrubbing through Youtube ads.

gilgoomesh 5y ago

Vinegar

happybuy 5y ago

I develop an ad blocker - Magic Lasso Adblock [1] for Safari that flawlessly and completely blocks all ads in YouTube. It works across iPhone, iPad and Mac. So it can be done and the experience works when implemented correctly. [1] https://www.magiclasso.co/ https://www.magiclasso.co/