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Yes there's a reader mode built in to the browser. Ad blockers are available since 2015, although these are declarative ad blockers. Custom web extensions are a
by kccqzy 5y ago
Yes there's a reader mode built in to the browser. Ad blockers are available since 2015, although these are declarative ad blockers. Custom web extensions are also available more recently; these can actually run custom JS.
- fsa3d4uyuiy 5y agoI'm not sure what the implications of "declarative ad blockers" are. Do you need to manually block them or something?
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- shkkmo 5y agoallow/deny lists rather than any sort of realtime dynamic filtering
- kccqzy 5y agoIt means all ad blocking rules must be compiled and then sent to Safari. You can't, for example, execute some JavaScript to find out what elements to block. The format of these precompiled rules isn't as flexible as, say, uBlock Origin, but works well enough in practice. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/ContentBlocker.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge...