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Except they do? You can get a VPN app that blocks network requests, like 1Blocker. Also AFAIK android doesn't support adblockers?
by s3p 3y ago
Except they do? You can get a VPN app that blocks network requests, like 1Blocker. Also AFAIK android doesn't support adblockers?
- KGy 3y agoFirefox on Android does allow you to run an adblocker.
- beebeepka 3y agoIs that a sincere argument? Guy was talking about and blocking in the browser
- redgreenshoe 3y agoIt's been possible to install ad blockers for the browser on iPhones for years, without resorting to a VPN. I don't bother anymore because I'm usually at home and have a pihole anyway, but I used to use Firefox Focus—not as my browser, but to provide ad-blocking for Safari. Worked fine. Open it once to set it up (at least IIRC that was necessary—I don't remember, but there was some very-simple setup step I'm pretty sure) then never open it again. Ads blocked in Safari. Tons of other options, free and paid. You do need a VPN (or otherwise something network-level) to block ads in apps, I think. That's a fair point.
- Izikiel43 3y agoThanks for the FFF app, just downloaded and enabled safari integration, ads no more
- OO000oo 3y agoThese solutions don't block video ads and they require crippling your speed with a VPN.
- redgreenshoe 3y agoiOS has ad blockers that are not VPNs. That's what I was writing about. You may be right about the video ad part.
- cute_boi 3y agoVPN apps are annoying. You constantly have to turn in on or off. I find battery leakage. There are speed issues etc.. .And, the purpose of VPN is different than ad blocking.