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The only thing that is holding me back from not making safari my primary browser is not having an extension like ublock origin. This seems really promising.

• Eric_WVGG 2y ago
  I thought Ghostery has been the gold standard for a pretty long time now…?
  • workethics 2y ago
    I'm still surprised by how much inertia there is for Ghostery. People should have stopped using that extension nearly a decade ago after being sold to an advertising company. Or after they went closed-source. Or after they were caught selling user info about blocked ads back to the advertisers so they could figure out how to avoid being blocked. Or after they started showing their own advertisements to users.
• layer8 2y ago
  What are you missing specifically? I’ve been pretty happy with Ghostery and AdGuard Pro.
  • nick_ 2y ago
    I've been using AdGuard Pro happily on all my devices for about ten years now. I'm wondering what adding Ghostery to the mix does on Safari?
    • layer8 2y ago
      Ghostery doesn’t just hide consent banners and blocks tracking cookies, it also automatically opts-out from tracking consent. https://www.ghostery.com/blog/never-consent-by-ghostery#never-consent-removing-cookie-pop-ups https://www.ghostery.com/blog/never-consent-by-ghostery#neve...
      • dylan604 2y ago
        What trackers actually obey said consent?
        • layer8 2y ago
          In the EU, they are legally obliged to do so.
      • soraminazuki 2y ago
        Ghostery is the thing you want to block in the first place. https://web.archive.org/web/20130619042941/https://www.technologyreview.com/news/516156/a-popular-ad-blocker-also-helps-the-ad-industry/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130619042941/https://www.techn... I see tracking consent opt-outs as pointless and misleading at best because the adtech industry doesn't operate in good faith. Just block them.
  • starfezzy 2y ago
    Well, for starters ublock origin is the gold standard, and it's free, and it's open source, and it's been refined over many years, and etc. etc. etc.
• pbronez 2y ago
  1blocker works well for me on iOS, iPadOS and MacOS https://1blocker.com/ https://1blocker.com/ If you want to use uBlock Origin on Webkit you can do it with Kagi's Orion browser. https://help.kagi.com/orion/browser-extensions/ublock-origin.html https://help.kagi.com/orion/browser-extensions/ublock-origin...
  • alemanek 2y ago
    Second the 1Blocker recommendation. Works really well for me for Mac, iPhone, and iPad
• lilyball 2y ago
  I've been very happy with Wipr.
• latexr 2y ago
  The creator of uBlock is again trying to make uBlock Origin Lite work in Safari. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/52#issuecomment-2567786410 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/52#issuecom... They might need some help, not much visible progress since it started.