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> Can you point to an example where an extension like AdGuard would let an ad slip through? Yes, see Twitter. I have AdGuard installed on iOS and I do see ads
by the_gipsy 3y ago
> Can you point to an example where an extension like AdGuard would let an ad slip through?
Yes, see Twitter.
I have AdGuard installed on iOS and I do see ads. I do not see them when opening on Firefox desktop with uBlock Origin. If I disable uBlock then I do see them like on Safari.
As I said, precompiled declarative blocking only works for the weakest of blatant ads. Of course it's "more performant and power efficient" because it only runs on the bare HTTP requests. That's not what I want.
> I was responding to a comment claiming that mobile Safari doesn’t support add-ons. Which is simply not true!
Fair enough. But personally I don't count Safari's extensions as real extension, just like I don't count Firefox' previous approach of a handful of "blessed" extensions for Android as real extensions.
- lapcat 3y ago> Yes, see Twitter. Safari content blockers aside, Safari web extensions are capable of blocking Twitter ads.
- the_gipsy 3y agoAdBlock does not, so which one does?
- lapcat 3y agoWell... my own Safari extension Tweaks for Twitter does, but I recently discontinued it because I got sick of Twitter's shenanigans such as the strict usage limits, and I have no interest in supporting X, the so-called "everything app". There may be other extensions, I don't know. In any case, the technical capability of the API is there.
- wildrhythms 3y ago[flagged]
- lapcat 3y agoThis is an unduly harsh reply. Please refrain from emotional outbursts against other HN commenters.
- mst 3y agoNote that you've been able to use custom collections to get extra extensions on FF-for-Android for a while provided you put the browser into developer mode first. It's a pain in the arse and certainly doesn't count as 'released' by any means but it's been at least just about possible for a while.