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> Google's changing the ways ad blockers work on Chrome, but there are ways to get around it. Yeah. Just use Safari, Firefox or Edge. I did not use Chrome for
by romanovcode 2y ago
> Google's changing the ways ad blockers work on Chrome, but there are ways to get around it.
Yeah. Just use Safari, Firefox or Edge. I did not use Chrome for years now.
- weikju 2y agoIt’s mentioned in the article. But they also mention Edge will follow along with deprecating Manifest v2 so it’s no help.
- romanovcode 2y agoOk, then don't use any browser that is on Blink engine? Problem solved.
- Hamuko 2y agoDoesn't Safari massively gimp ad blockers?
- pimeys 2y agoA good way to test the adblocker is with this website: https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock For me, Firefox and uBlock Origin on Linux and on Android both block 99-100% of ads.
- drcongo 2y agoSafari with AdGuard and NextDNS here: 134 blocked, 1 not blocked. Ad blocking on Safari is just about perfect.
- bombcar 2y agoAdGuard Pro for safari on iPhone got 84%. It works well enough for me - the sites that are so aggressive that ads get through I don’t visit.
- ulfw 2y agoI get 100% with Adguard on iPhone Safari + nextDNS for dns level blocking.
- Kerbonut 2y agoI must be doing good because that site is broken for me. Null not/blocked and null total. (Ninja edit: Safari btw)
- Scion9066 2y ago97% with a pihole and uBlock Origin Lite. 99% if I turn the filtering mode to "complete".
- romanovcode 2y agoAdGuard (Free OS Safari extension), 93%. Good enough. Couldn't care less about Blink engine. People are really so stuck on Chrome that they don't see other options that are just as viable if not better infront of their eyes (Firefox, Safari).
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 2y agoYeah, Safari is on manifest v3 for some years now. Please that recomend it over Chrome for adblocking are clueless.
- ceejayoz 2y agoSafari’s existence (in iOS, at least, for now) is what keeps Chrome from unilaterally determining the future of the web.
- concinds 2y agoThat's a fallacious argument: https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-browser-engine-choice/ https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-brow...
- ceejayoz 2y agoNo; your link immediately waters down its claims: “at least that's not the primary effect”. It needn’t be primary to be important. If iOS didn’t enforce Safari, we’d see a lot more “only works in Chrome” signs on sites and “emerging standards” would be added to Chrome without much chance of Firefox keeping pace. Apple’s motivations are hardly pure, but as a FF user I’m glad iOS has the market share it does.
- concinds 2y agoSafari is much more limited than even manifest v3. Gorhill's mv3 extension, uBlock Lite, can't support Safari because Apple refuses to support half the web APIs necessary, despite constant requests and appeals, including directly by Gorhill to Safari's DevRel person. Works fine for basic ads but more tracking goes through, which is silly.
- Ringz 2y agoFrom the article: „Google’s new rules will likely affect all Chromium browsers, including Chrome and Microsoft Edge (a support page from Microsoft shows that Edge is losing access to the Web Request API).“ Safari: I would love to use it, but Apple moved all plugins to the AppStore and killed the ecosystem.
- romanovcode 2y agoJust out of curiosity, what plugins do you really need in 2024 except AdBlock which is readily available on Safari in multiple flavors?
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