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Why not just use uBlock Origin for the aspect of cleaning up the popups / ads and such?

by spoonfeeder006 2y ago

brikym 2y ago
Because I was stupid and bought an iPhone which means that is not possible.
- TimAppleman 2y ago
  Do iPhones not have Firefox now?
  - nzgrover 2y ago
    Quoting _khhm who posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850091 > On iOS there are no web browsers other than Safari, per the app store rules. "Chrome" / "Firefox" / etc on iOS are just basically skins on top of Webkit. > See 2.5.6 here - https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ > This is why you don't get any of the features / extensions / etc of Chrome or Firefox on iOS.
    - johnisgood 2y ago
      > per the app store rules Jeez.
    - bwag 2y ago
      With iOS 17.4 they allow other rendering engines for users in the EU. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...
- ycombinete 2y ago
  AdGuard works on ios, so does 1blocker. They’re no uBlock, but they do the trick.
- fretn 2y ago
  FYI: the iOS Orion browser supports ublock origin
  - ilt 2y ago
    How is its addon support now though, in general? I stopped using it last year since it was pretty slow on iOS but more so because its addon support was very wonky.
dredmorbius 2y ago
uBO is fine for clearing up crud after you've accessed an article. It's not useful for piercing paywalls / registration walls in the first place. It's also not universally available, particularly on mobile devices and/or Google Chrome.
- selcuka 2y ago
  > It's also not universally available, particularly on mobile devices and/or Google Chrome. FYI it is available on Firefox for Android.
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    Yep, and I use it there... ... though my preferred Android browser these days is Einkbro, optimised for an e-ink device as the name suggests, that being what I drive. (Firefox on e-ink is ... beyond annoying.) The browser itself has pretty good ad-blocking capabilities, but I'd rather much like to be able to block specific elements as well.
qudat 2y ago
I would run headless chrome to fetch website and block all fetch requests from ublock origin list. This would give you a "remote" adblocker that works anywhere. ... but at that point just install pihole.
cowoder 2y ago
Or noscript browser plugin if you want to completely stop js https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/

Why not just use uBlock Origin for the aspect of cleaning up the popups / ads and such?

brikym 2y ago

Because I was stupid and bought an iPhone which means that is not possible.

TimAppleman 2y ago
Do iPhones not have Firefox now?
- nzgrover 2y ago
  Quoting _khhm who posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850091 > On iOS there are no web browsers other than Safari, per the app store rules. "Chrome" / "Firefox" / etc on iOS are just basically skins on top of Webkit. > See 2.5.6 here - https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ > This is why you don't get any of the features / extensions / etc of Chrome or Firefox on iOS.
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    > per the app store rules Jeez.
  - bwag 2y ago
    With iOS 17.4 they allow other rendering engines for users in the EU. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...
ycombinete 2y ago
AdGuard works on ios, so does 1blocker. They’re no uBlock, but they do the trick.
fretn 2y ago
FYI: the iOS Orion browser supports ublock origin
- ilt 2y ago
  How is its addon support now though, in general? I stopped using it last year since it was pretty slow on iOS but more so because its addon support was very wonky.

dredmorbius 2y ago

uBO is fine for clearing up crud after you've accessed an article. It's not useful for piercing paywalls / registration walls in the first place. It's also not universally available, particularly on mobile devices and/or Google Chrome.

selcuka 2y ago
> It's also not universally available, particularly on mobile devices and/or Google Chrome. FYI it is available on Firefox for Android.
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  Yep, and I use it there... ... though my preferred Android browser these days is Einkbro, optimised for an e-ink device as the name suggests, that being what I drive. (Firefox on e-ink is ... beyond annoying.) The browser itself has pretty good ad-blocking capabilities, but I'd rather much like to be able to block specific elements as well.

qudat 2y ago

I would run headless chrome to fetch website and block all fetch requests from ublock origin list. This would give you a "remote" adblocker that works anywhere. ... but at that point just install pihole.

cowoder 2y ago

Or noscript browser plugin if you want to completely stop js https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/