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You 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 ago
I was trying to figure out why this doesn’t happen to me, and it’s probably AdGuard. Highly recommended.
encom 2y ago
As 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 ago
  Firefox on Android supports extensions so I have uBlock running.
- nine_k 2y ago
  Firefox 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 ago
    But how long is manifest v2 going to survive on Firefox?
    - Vinnl 2y ago
      Firefox's v3 implementation still supports the necessary APIs, and there's a public commitment to keep them.
  - kivle 2y ago
    Hopefully 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.
    - encom 2y ago
      What's the last Chrome release that's going to support it? I'm going to pin that version for as long as possible.
      - Bancakes 2y ago
        Or you could use uBlock Origin Lite which has a MV3 version
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- nosioptar 2y ago
  I 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 ago
  The 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 ago
    It'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 ago
  If 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 ago
To anyone reading this, the free version works well also.

samtheprogram 2y ago

I was trying to figure out why this doesn’t happen to me, and it’s probably AdGuard. Highly recommended.

encom 2y ago

As 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 ago
Firefox on Android supports extensions so I have uBlock running.
nine_k 2y ago
Firefox 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 ago
  But how long is manifest v2 going to survive on Firefox?
  - Vinnl 2y ago
    Firefox's v3 implementation still supports the necessary APIs, and there's a public commitment to keep them.
- kivle 2y ago
  Hopefully 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.
  - encom 2y ago
    What's the last Chrome release that's going to support it? I'm going to pin that version for as long as possible.
    - Bancakes 2y ago
      Or you could use uBlock Origin Lite which has a MV3 version
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nosioptar 2y ago
I 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 ago
The 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 ago
  It'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 ago
If 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 ago

To anyone reading this, the free version works well also.