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It's hard for me to imagine not having Firefox with its (limited, true) extension ecosystem on my phone. Are people really just out there, no script, tracker or

It's hard for me to imagine not having Firefox with its (limited, true) extension ecosystem on my phone. Are people really just out there, no script, tracker or ad blockers, no dark mode enforcers, no pay wall bypassers or YouTube enhancers, just raw dogging the internet on their iPhones?

paulproteus 2y ago
On my iPhone, I use Wipr: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1030595027 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1030595027 It integrates with the system browser and, I think, all embedded browsers. I only use the 'privacy-safe' subset of Wipr, that is, the passive filter list that Safari supports most efficiently. It works great. I'm sure there are other options that other iPhone users can recommend to you if you ever want to try it.
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
I don't need a single one of those things to read this website. On Android.
- ta8903 2y ago
  Yes, this website.
beremaki 2y ago
Yes
filoleg 2y ago
> Are people really just out there, no script, tracker or ad blockers, no dark mode enforcers, no pay wall bypassers or YouTube enhancers, just raw dogging the internet on their iPhones? Idk since when, but Safari on iOS had extensions available for quite a while. I have been using an adblocker one + a few webdev ones (not that I need it often at all, but once every few months I might need to take a look at the DOM or check network requests with no access to my laptop, it comes in quite handy).
- norman784 2y ago
  Safari extensions are not as good as Firefox and Chrome, specifically the ad blockers aren’t as powerful, I use mostly Safari, but for a few sites I switch to either Chrome or Firefox.
  - rpgbr 2y ago
    Which one have you tried? I use 1Blocker, and although it isn’t as powerful as uBlock Origin, it’s good enough for me.
    - filoleg 2y ago
      Ditto, that’s the same one I’ve been using and am pretty happy with it.
robertoandred 2y ago
No? iPhones have had ad blockers / extensions for a long time.
jraph 2y ago
> Firefox with its (limited, true) extension ecosystem Didn't they lift the restriction on which extension you can install on mobile Firefox as well?
- WaxProlix 2y ago
  It might just be a discoverability thing then? It's been a bit but I don't remember being able to just grab them all from a storefront last time I set up a phone.
  - jraph 2y ago
    I think it used to be this way but isn't anymore, though I don't have a smartphone to check quickly.
JimDabell 2y ago
Safari on iOS has had content blockers since 2015 and other kinds of extensions since 2021.
the_gipsy 2y ago
Yes. Safari extensions are a bad joke compared to uBlock etc.
- wruza 2y ago
  Actually there’s almost no ads, including youtube. Basically the same experience as uBO on my PC, cause filters are the same.
  - the_gipsy 2y ago
    No.
wruza 2y ago
AdGuard, no ads for me. And it’s a Safari content blocking ruleset, not a spying VPN app.

paulproteus 2y ago

On my iPhone, I use Wipr: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1030595027 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr/id1030595027 It integrates with the system browser and, I think, all embedded browsers. I only use the 'privacy-safe' subset of Wipr, that is, the passive filter list that Safari supports most efficiently. It works great. I'm sure there are other options that other iPhone users can recommend to you if you ever want to try it.

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

I don't need a single one of those things to read this website. On Android.

ta8903 2y ago
Yes, this website.

beremaki 2y ago

Yes

filoleg 2y ago

> Are people really just out there, no script, tracker or ad blockers, no dark mode enforcers, no pay wall bypassers or YouTube enhancers, just raw dogging the internet on their iPhones? Idk since when, but Safari on iOS had extensions available for quite a while. I have been using an adblocker one + a few webdev ones (not that I need it often at all, but once every few months I might need to take a look at the DOM or check network requests with no access to my laptop, it comes in quite handy).

norman784 2y ago
Safari extensions are not as good as Firefox and Chrome, specifically the ad blockers aren’t as powerful, I use mostly Safari, but for a few sites I switch to either Chrome or Firefox.
- rpgbr 2y ago
  Which one have you tried? I use 1Blocker, and although it isn’t as powerful as uBlock Origin, it’s good enough for me.
  - filoleg 2y ago
    Ditto, that’s the same one I’ve been using and am pretty happy with it.

robertoandred 2y ago

No? iPhones have had ad blockers / extensions for a long time.

jraph 2y ago

> Firefox with its (limited, true) extension ecosystem Didn't they lift the restriction on which extension you can install on mobile Firefox as well?

WaxProlix 2y ago
It might just be a discoverability thing then? It's been a bit but I don't remember being able to just grab them all from a storefront last time I set up a phone.
- jraph 2y ago
  I think it used to be this way but isn't anymore, though I don't have a smartphone to check quickly.

JimDabell 2y ago

Safari on iOS has had content blockers since 2015 and other kinds of extensions since 2021.

the_gipsy 2y ago

Yes. Safari extensions are a bad joke compared to uBlock etc.

wruza 2y ago
Actually there’s almost no ads, including youtube. Basically the same experience as uBO on my PC, cause filters are the same.
- the_gipsy 2y ago
  No.

wruza 2y ago

AdGuard, no ads for me. And it’s a Safari content blocking ruleset, not a spying VPN app.