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The greatest thing I ever did to help non technical people is to make sure they all have adblockers. I can only install ublock on android firefox and this is wh

The greatest thing I ever did to help non technical people is to make sure they all have adblockers. I can only install ublock on android firefox and this is why I never recommend iphones. Too much malvertisement crap that apple won't let me block.

LordDragonfang 2y ago
I have my DNS on my android phone set to dns.adguard.com, which has the benefit of blocking ads in even "free" apps/games that are littered with them. This works even on mobile data, so it's better than even a pihole. I wanted to do the same to my boyfriend's iPhone after seeing him sit through probably a dozen ads in one sitting with all the free games he has downloaded, but I found out that Apple literally does not allow you to change your DNS for mobile networks, and you have to manually change it for each wifi network. Weird for a company that claims to prioritize "privacy".
vundercind 2y ago
iOS has had ad blocking for years now. This was true quite a while ago, yeah.
- throwaway48476 2y ago
  "Acceptable ads" is such a crock. In terms of trust it's ublock or nothing.
  - vundercind 2y ago
    ??? I don’t think my ad blocker has an “acceptable ads” list. I don’t mean something from Apple—maybe they have one, but that’s not what I’m using.
  - lloeki 2y ago
    I will naively assume you are commenting in earnest and have missed the (old) news, which is most certainly what GP is referring to: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/creating_a_content_blocker https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre... Examples of content blockers (not just ad blocking): - AdGuard: https://apps.apple.com/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162 https://apps.apple.com/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223... - Hush: https://apps.apple.com/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900 https://apps.apple.com/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900 - Wipr: https://apps.apple.com/app/wipr/id1030595027 https://apps.apple.com/app/wipr/id1030595027 - Vinegar: https://apps.apple.com/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229 https://apps.apple.com/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229
jimbobthrowawy 2y ago
Orion browser for iOS allows both chrome and firefox extensions to be installed on iphones. (for now anyway, I'm sure apple will yeet them whenever they find out about it) You need to change some settings first, but it worked when I put the firefox version of ublock origin on a phone.
Melatonic 2y ago
I felt the same way but Orion browser (made by the Kagi people) can run android extensions including Ublock!
- throwaway48476 2y ago
  If it's chromium based have they committed to supporting manifest v2 after chrome kills it?
  - brightlancer 2y ago
    My understanding from Brave is that this year Google is essentially disabling v2 add-ons, but the code will still be in Chromium (for other things Google does), so Brave can just re-enable it. But Brave expects that Google will actually pull the code out of Chromium next year -- when that happens, it is unlikely anyone else will have the time to maintain patches to put it back in.

LordDragonfang 2y ago

I have my DNS on my android phone set to dns.adguard.com, which has the benefit of blocking ads in even "free" apps/games that are littered with them. This works even on mobile data, so it's better than even a pihole. I wanted to do the same to my boyfriend's iPhone after seeing him sit through probably a dozen ads in one sitting with all the free games he has downloaded, but I found out that Apple literally does not allow you to change your DNS for mobile networks, and you have to manually change it for each wifi network. Weird for a company that claims to prioritize "privacy".

vundercind 2y ago

iOS has had ad blocking for years now. This was true quite a while ago, yeah.

throwaway48476 2y ago
"Acceptable ads" is such a crock. In terms of trust it's ublock or nothing.
- vundercind 2y ago
  ??? I don’t think my ad blocker has an “acceptable ads” list. I don’t mean something from Apple—maybe they have one, but that’s not what I’m using.
- lloeki 2y ago
  I will naively assume you are commenting in earnest and have missed the (old) news, which is most certainly what GP is referring to: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/creating_a_content_blocker https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre... Examples of content blockers (not just ad blocking): - AdGuard: https://apps.apple.com/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162 https://apps.apple.com/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223... - Hush: https://apps.apple.com/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900 https://apps.apple.com/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900 - Wipr: https://apps.apple.com/app/wipr/id1030595027 https://apps.apple.com/app/wipr/id1030595027 - Vinegar: https://apps.apple.com/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229 https://apps.apple.com/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229

jimbobthrowawy 2y ago

Orion browser for iOS allows both chrome and firefox extensions to be installed on iphones. (for now anyway, I'm sure apple will yeet them whenever they find out about it) You need to change some settings first, but it worked when I put the firefox version of ublock origin on a phone.

Melatonic 2y ago

I felt the same way but Orion browser (made by the Kagi people) can run android extensions including Ublock!

throwaway48476 2y ago
If it's chromium based have they committed to supporting manifest v2 after chrome kills it?
- brightlancer 2y ago
  My understanding from Brave is that this year Google is essentially disabling v2 add-ons, but the code will still be in Chromium (for other things Google does), so Brave can just re-enable it. But Brave expects that Google will actually pull the code out of Chromium next year -- when that happens, it is unlikely anyone else will have the time to maintain patches to put it back in.