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A lot of web pages only work for me on my iPhone if I use reader mode. Otherwise, the page keeps resetting over and over again. Firefox, but I assume Safari is
by metabagel 2y ago
A lot of web pages only work for me on my iPhone if I use reader mode. Otherwise, the page keeps resetting over and over again. Firefox, but I assume Safari is probably the same, since Apple mandates they all be based on WebKit.
- Bancakes 2y agoYou can try adguard on iOS. It’s an app that you buy as an extension for safari but the block lists are very good and you can enable DoH systemwide as well.
- samtheprogram 2y agoI was trying to figure out why this doesn’t happen to me, and it’s probably AdGuard. Highly recommended.
- encom 2y agoAs someone who switched from Iphone to Android, Adguard is very poor compared to uBlock, and it was in fact one major reason (of several) why I switched. But now that Google is killing adblockers, I might just stop browsing the internet entirely.
- bcraven 2y agoFirefox on Android supports extensions so I have uBlock running.
- nine_k 2y agoFirefox on Android does work and does run uBlock Origin all right. I only start Chrome if some very stubborn (usually financial) site fails to work with Firefox + ad blocking; this happens maybe 3-4 times a year.
- encom 2y agoBut how long is manifest v2 going to survive on Firefox?
- Vinnl 2y agoFirefox's v3 implementation still supports the necessary APIs, and there's a public commitment to keep them.
- kivle 2y agoHopefully Firefox will keep support for manifest 2 for the foreseeable future since they also have their own extension "store". In Chromes extension store new downloads of Ublock Origin have already been disabled and existing installations are slowly being disabled as they roll out the changes. I'm still on Vivaldi, but will be switching to Firefox very soon.
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- nosioptar 2y agoI tried to switch from android to ios earlier this year. The browsing experience was so awful that I didn't make it a day due to the lack of ublock.
- grues-dinner 2y agoThe fact that Firefox has had a near-perfect ad blocker for years and years, and the internet has only got less usable without an ad blocker and it's still struggling to break 1% on mobile is just so strange to me. It should be marketing open goal. Especially as the biggest competition has a conflict of interest that prevents them ever doing ad block well, so they can't lose out to a pivot by Chrome.
- brokenmachine 2y agoIt's not obvious on Firefox Android how to do it. They should absolutely put it front and center. A tickbox on first run.
- Bancakes 2y agoIf you root your android then I believe AdAway is still a fantastic option because of the custom filters. Non rooted you can get personalDNSfilter from f droid, same thing but via VPN
- Mistletoe 2y agoTo anyone reading this, the free version works well also.
- forgotacc240419 2y agoSame for me with Firefox, every video and ad coated site basically. iPhone 12 Mini Tbh it's probably been a net positive, I just instantly bail after the first refresh
- hiimshort 2y agoThe same is true for me on Safari. I've tried with and without AdGuard and the experience on plenty of sites that I just want to get a quick tidbit from is awfully painful.
- cluckindan 2y agoThose sites and their 2974 partners only want to serve your best interests by providing those quick tidbits.
- croes 2y ago>since Apple mandates they all be based on WebKit. Unless you’re a EU citizen
- Cumpiler69 2y agoBased EU
- gibspaulding 2y agoI haven’t seen anything about this in a while. Do EU builds of Firefox actually exist yet? (Running on gecko)
- eptcyka 2y agoNothing is published yet. Whatever gecko build might be there might be whithering away on the vine, I don't believe Mozilla cares for supporting it just for the EU.
- nytesky 2y agoWhat web pages are you seeking out? I feel like I read hacker news, the New York Times and some local Reddit channels more or less. Search is so squirrelly and the passion GeoCities pages or Uni home pages are long gone, and blogs are corrupted by insidious sponsor endorsements, let alone ads?
- dingnuts 2y agoWhat do you mean? Reddit and Hacker News are link aggregators -- aren't you clicking the links? or are you only reading the comments? There's a long tail of random websites linked to by sites like this one -- like the one in the OP!
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- nytesky 2y agoHaha, true. But I think ad heavy pages are not promoted on HN at least. And yeah, I do come for the comments.
- mahirsaid 2y agoI would prefer you to put hacker news in another category this site has quality information and comments unlike many other sites. This site also is not riddled with ads, which is a plus for all of us here. What makes you see that any other way?
- adriancr 2y agosucks to not have ublock origin.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoI suppose, but Safari/Webkit shows that you can get what feels like 95% of the way there with static block lists which are ideal when they are sufficient. They're faster and they're trustless. The only attack surface of a block list is that someone removes their site from the list.
- adriancr 2y agoyou wouldnt have auto playing videos with ublock origin. 95% might be nice but theres a lot missing. The static blocklists can be defeated easily by having ads served by the same domain. In that case you are stuck due to apple's decisions.
- freehorse 2y agoOrion browser in iOS (by Kagi) supports ublock origin. This is the main reason it has become my default browser there.
- bluedino 2y agoSafari has been garbage in recent years on the iPhone. Pages are often unresponsive or don't fully load. Zooming breaks so many sites. I'm always closing Safari and re-loading pages. Are the web developers ignoring Safari? They can't be.
- Mistletoe 2y agoiOS 18 really screwed up my phone. Never had this issue with safari before then.