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You can't run an ad-blocker and you browse the web with JS turned on in Safari, but your Iphone is secure? yeah ok
by bboygravity 2y ago
You can't run an ad-blocker and you browse the web with JS turned on in Safari, but your Iphone is secure?
yeah ok
- lynx97 2y agoI don't need an ad-blocker. I have YouTube Premium. And I really don't need Safari that often, actually. Besides, if we're really talking JS==insecure, 99% of users on desktop and mobile are insecure. I am sort of on your side, because I spend most of my web-time in Lynx in a tmux. But if I were to argue against JS, people would call me a weirdo. That war is over. I fought it until 2010.
- bigyabai 2y ago[flagged]
- lynx97 2y agoCan you please stop verbally spitting at me? I am not an American. I just have a different opinion on some things then you. Ever tried some empathy? Pragmatically speaking, I prefer YouTube Premium because I hate their inability to filter out scammy ads, and I still feel like supporting creators at least a bit. As a customer, its not always my call how much of my money goes to creators. Thats why I refuse to use Apple Music and/or Spotify. I spend my money on BandCamp, which I consider an appropriate compensation for other "sins" I might commit on the net.
- theturtletalks 2y agoHow does people having the ability to activate alternative app stores on their phones affect you? Or have a Pebble with similar functionality to an Apple Watch? Just don’t activate the App Store or purchase a Pebble and stay in your walled garden. We’re lucky our computers aren’t walled gardens because if Apple knew it would work this well with iOS, MacOS would be the same.
- _carbyau_ 2y ago> Ever tried some empathy? Well, yeah. That's why I want walled gardens to "have options" without enforcing that people must/must-not use those options.
- vv_ 2y agoWhat's wrong with paying for YouTube Premium to not have any ads?
- maest 2y ago> I don't need an ad-blocker. I have YouTube Premium. This cannot be your actual stance. You know there is a lot more to the Internet than that one website, right?
- lynx97 2y agoI already said I dont use Safari that much. If you hadn't shortened the quote your reply would be moot. Maybe I need to rephrase, to make you happy: I don't use the web so much on my iPhone. The primary ad-offender in my world is YouTube, which I fixed by paying for Premium.
- chipsrafferty 2y agoYou know there aren't really ads on websites anymore, right? There are ads in algorithm apps like YouTube, tiktok, Instagram, mobile games, streaming service "poor" subscriptions, etc. And there are paywalls. But the vast majority of interesting websites don't have ads anymore.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoSurely you jest.
- worthless-trash 2y agoEver feel like you're talking to some gaslighting AI ? The Grandparent comment seems like it is one of those moments.
- hu3 2y ago> And I really don't need Safari that often, actually. Yeah you're an exception. Thankfully people like you don't get to decide what EU rules as best for people.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoI have youtube premium and still need an ad blocker. What a stupid remark.
- biot 2y agoYou can run ad blockers in mobile Safari. This one works great: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-focus-privacy-browser/id1055677337 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-focus-privacy-browser/... -- it's both a browser itself as well as acting as a content blocker for Safari and does a fantastic job at blocking ads.
- bboygravity 2y agoI'm talking system-wide add blocker which also blocks in-app ads.
- girvo 2y agoYou absolutely can run an ad-blocker.
- bboygravity 2y agoYou can block ads in iPhone apps?
- girvo 2y agoThat wasn't what was asked, but yes you can (through the various VPN-based ad-blocking apps)