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i love ublock origin and have used it for years. i recently migrated to macos and was disappointed to find that ublock origin doesn’t work with safari. what’s

i love ublock origin and have used it for years. i recently migrated to macos and was disappointed to find that ublock origin doesn’t work with safari. what’s the best ad-blocking option for safari on macos?

occz 3y ago
Why not just use Firefox? It's available on macOS.
- dharmab 3y ago
  Firefox has poor battery life on macos.
  - olex 3y ago
    That is a thing of distant past. It runs beautifully natively on M1/M2 chips and has no noticeable difference in power consumption vs Safari.
  - toyg 3y ago
    Not the case anymore, even on pre-M1 Macs.
- deleted 3y ago
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funnyflywheel 3y ago
The first thing that came to mind was "switch to Firefox". Other than that, I have nothing to recommend.
Yeri 3y ago
I heard good things about Wipr (paid product) but don't use it myself on OSX. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12
tizio13 3y ago
I currently use 1blocker(paid version) and it seems to be working pretty well compared to Firefox with ublock. I use it both on iOS and macOS. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id1365531024 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...
- dchest 3y ago
  It works great, but doesn't work against YouTube's anti-adblock yet.
  - lapcat 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975189
Josteniok 3y ago
I use Firefox with uBlock Origin on the Mac and it works great, but for Safari the best option I've found is AdGuard (https://adguard.com https://adguard.com). However, it is nowhere near as effective as uBlock Origin since Safari did the Manifest V3 thing.
- lapcat 3y ago
  > since Safari did the Manifest V3 thing. More accurately, Safari removed support for webRequest BlockingResponse in 2019. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/webRequest/BlockingResponse https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web... This was unrelated to Manifest V3, and in fact Safari has not deprecated Manifest V2. Manifest V3 does remove support for webRequest BlockingResponse in Chrome, but I believe not in Firefox.
tortoise_in 3y ago
But then again we have to buy apple anyhow
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hoorible 3y ago
1Blocker already mentioned, but it is is absolutely fantastic. The iOS version also blocks in-app trackers (in other apps, outside of Safari) and YouTube app ads via its firewall feature.
Condition1952 3y ago
Little Snitch, a proprietary firewall, subscribed to some ad blocking lists can block surveillance system-wide
backtick 3y ago
There's a webkit based browser called Orion that I've been trying out that supports chrome extensions. That's the closest thing I think.
- jostyee 3y ago
  Orion has issues loading uBlock Origin on new tabs, see: https://orionfeedback.org/d/718-ublock-origin-doesnt-work-sometimes https://orionfeedback.org/d/718-ublock-origin-doesnt-work-so...

occz 3y ago

Why not just use Firefox? It's available on macOS.

dharmab 3y ago
Firefox has poor battery life on macos.
- olex 3y ago
  That is a thing of distant past. It runs beautifully natively on M1/M2 chips and has no noticeable difference in power consumption vs Safari.
- toyg 3y ago
  Not the case anymore, even on pre-M1 Macs.
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funnyflywheel 3y ago

The first thing that came to mind was "switch to Firefox". Other than that, I have nothing to recommend.

Yeri 3y ago

I heard good things about Wipr (paid product) but don't use it myself on OSX. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12

tizio13 3y ago

I currently use 1blocker(paid version) and it seems to be working pretty well compared to Firefox with ublock. I use it both on iOS and macOS. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id1365531024 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...

dchest 3y ago
It works great, but doesn't work against YouTube's anti-adblock yet.
- lapcat 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975189

Josteniok 3y ago

I use Firefox with uBlock Origin on the Mac and it works great, but for Safari the best option I've found is AdGuard (https://adguard.com https://adguard.com). However, it is nowhere near as effective as uBlock Origin since Safari did the Manifest V3 thing.

lapcat 3y ago
> since Safari did the Manifest V3 thing. More accurately, Safari removed support for webRequest BlockingResponse in 2019. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/webRequest/BlockingResponse https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web... This was unrelated to Manifest V3, and in fact Safari has not deprecated Manifest V2. Manifest V3 does remove support for webRequest BlockingResponse in Chrome, but I believe not in Firefox.

tortoise_in 3y ago

But then again we have to buy apple anyhow

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hoorible 3y ago

1Blocker already mentioned, but it is is absolutely fantastic. The iOS version also blocks in-app trackers (in other apps, outside of Safari) and YouTube app ads via its firewall feature.

Condition1952 3y ago

Little Snitch, a proprietary firewall, subscribed to some ad blocking lists can block surveillance system-wide

backtick 3y ago

There's a webkit based browser called Orion that I've been trying out that supports chrome extensions. That's the closest thing I think.

jostyee 3y ago
Orion has issues loading uBlock Origin on new tabs, see: https://orionfeedback.org/d/718-ublock-origin-doesnt-work-sometimes https://orionfeedback.org/d/718-ublock-origin-doesnt-work-so...