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I've been using Adguard for a couple years and have had no problems. I think I've only seen ads slip through a couple times. If there's anyone who's able to com

I've been using Adguard for a couple years and have had no problems. I think I've only seen ads slip through a couple times. If there's anyone who's able to compare, is there any real difference between these ad blockers?

encom 1y ago
It's been a few years since I've used an Iphone, but back then I used AdGuard. It wasn't terrible, but I encountered frequent breakage, and updating it (rules) was miserable and slow. The generally awful and sad state of web browing on IOS was a big reason why I switched to Android.
kaladin_1 1y ago
Thanks for asking this. I have always had Adguard on iOS with no issues wondering if there is any extra benefit to switching to uBlock Origin Lite on Safari.
saw-lau 1y ago
Just adding another alternative that I've been using for years for people to consider - 1Blocker. https://1blocker.com/ https://1blocker.com/
- SanjayMehta 1y ago
  1Blocker is worth the one time lifetime purchase, works with your family iCloud+ account.
  - DASD 1y ago
    This and Little Snitch Mini.
nottorp 1y ago
Commercial offerings can always slip towards allowing some ads for pay. Maybe not today, but there's no guarantee the company won't get sold tomorrow. Not to mention that your AdGuard seems to be one of the 10 billion apps that competes for my subscriptions budget.
drukenemo 1y ago
I’ve been testing it in beta for a month or so and I can report that at least to me websites load much faster than with Adguard or Wipr.
jaffa2 1y ago
i've also been using adguard for years. Yes it's paid, but it actually works. I use it on mac and ios. none of the free( at the time) ad blockers worked as well. or they constantly needed updates, or certain things broke etc. adguard is a great product. not affiliated, not sponsored, just a user.
- vehemenz 1y ago
  It's even better than you say because the free version—for Safari only—works very well.
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al_borland 1y ago
AdGuard always bothered me. On macOS it sits in the menubar and has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari. It felt like a bloated sprawling mess. I just installed uBOL and it's a single extension that sits in Safari. It feel much more clean and unobtrusive.
- rafram 1y ago
  > has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari That’s because there’s a limit on the number of filters per extension. uBO may eventually need to do the same.
  - al_borland 1y ago
    Interesting... https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/rule-limit/ https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/r... Sounds like I should direct a portion of my ire toward Apple on this.
    - bigyabai 1y ago
      Absolutely not. They are trying to protect you, can you imagine how awful Safari would be if it let you sideload such nasty extensions? It would be just like Chrome, absolutely no market variation to speak of! Despicable. It's really AdGuard's fault for failing to fit their functionality within the arbitrary constraints Apple decided was suitable for a runtime.
      - TingPing 1y ago
        It is not an arbitrary decision. For one Safari compiles block lists to perform better, but it can be noticed at startup for big lists. Then there is just resource constraints since the focus is mobile. Chrome on mobile notably supports no extensions. But I do wish desktop Safari was more lenient.
        bigyabai 1y ago
slowmotiony 1y ago
I cancelled my Adguard subscription when I found out the founder and team are russian. That's big enough of a difference for me.
- LeoPanthera 1y ago
  Used to be Russian. The company moved to Cyprus. Most of their software (including AdGuard for Safari and AdGuard Home) is open source, so there's little chance of anything nefarious happening.
  - hundchenkatze 1y ago
    Except there's no easy way to verify that what you get from the store has been built, unmodified, from the public source - afaik. (I still use AdGuard fwiw)
    - LeoPanthera 1y ago
      AdGuard Home has no "store". You download it yourself. I believe the same is possible for the Safari plugin - they're not required to be obtained from the App Store.
saagarjha 1y ago
Adguard on macOS constantly runs an Electron app in the background :(
- robertoandred 1y ago
  It doesn't. The Electron app is for settings, and you can just quit it.
microflash 1y ago
Adguard is still better because it ships multiple extensions that you can enable to bypass filter limit on iOS. uBlock Origin Lite is not able to block annoying Google sign in pop ups, yet.

encom 1y ago

It's been a few years since I've used an Iphone, but back then I used AdGuard. It wasn't terrible, but I encountered frequent breakage, and updating it (rules) was miserable and slow. The generally awful and sad state of web browing on IOS was a big reason why I switched to Android.

kaladin_1 1y ago

Thanks for asking this. I have always had Adguard on iOS with no issues wondering if there is any extra benefit to switching to uBlock Origin Lite on Safari.

saw-lau 1y ago

Just adding another alternative that I've been using for years for people to consider - 1Blocker. https://1blocker.com/ https://1blocker.com/

SanjayMehta 1y ago
1Blocker is worth the one time lifetime purchase, works with your family iCloud+ account.
- DASD 1y ago
  This and Little Snitch Mini.

nottorp 1y ago

Commercial offerings can always slip towards allowing some ads for pay. Maybe not today, but there's no guarantee the company won't get sold tomorrow. Not to mention that your AdGuard seems to be one of the 10 billion apps that competes for my subscriptions budget.

drukenemo 1y ago

I’ve been testing it in beta for a month or so and I can report that at least to me websites load much faster than with Adguard or Wipr.

jaffa2 1y ago

i've also been using adguard for years. Yes it's paid, but it actually works. I use it on mac and ios. none of the free( at the time) ad blockers worked as well. or they constantly needed updates, or certain things broke etc. adguard is a great product. not affiliated, not sponsored, just a user.

vehemenz 1y ago
It's even better than you say because the free version—for Safari only—works very well.

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al_borland 1y ago

AdGuard always bothered me. On macOS it sits in the menubar and has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari. It felt like a bloated sprawling mess. I just installed uBOL and it's a single extension that sits in Safari. It feel much more clean and unobtrusive.

rafram 1y ago
> has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari That’s because there’s a limit on the number of filters per extension. uBO may eventually need to do the same.
- al_borland 1y ago
  Interesting... https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/rule-limit/ https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/r... Sounds like I should direct a portion of my ire toward Apple on this.
  - bigyabai 1y ago
    Absolutely not. They are trying to protect you, can you imagine how awful Safari would be if it let you sideload such nasty extensions? It would be just like Chrome, absolutely no market variation to speak of! Despicable. It's really AdGuard's fault for failing to fit their functionality within the arbitrary constraints Apple decided was suitable for a runtime.
    - TingPing 1y ago
      It is not an arbitrary decision. For one Safari compiles block lists to perform better, but it can be noticed at startup for big lists. Then there is just resource constraints since the focus is mobile. Chrome on mobile notably supports no extensions. But I do wish desktop Safari was more lenient.
      - bigyabai 1y ago

slowmotiony 1y ago

I cancelled my Adguard subscription when I found out the founder and team are russian. That's big enough of a difference for me.

LeoPanthera 1y ago
Used to be Russian. The company moved to Cyprus. Most of their software (including AdGuard for Safari and AdGuard Home) is open source, so there's little chance of anything nefarious happening.
- hundchenkatze 1y ago
  Except there's no easy way to verify that what you get from the store has been built, unmodified, from the public source - afaik. (I still use AdGuard fwiw)
  - LeoPanthera 1y ago
    AdGuard Home has no "store". You download it yourself. I believe the same is possible for the Safari plugin - they're not required to be obtained from the App Store.

saagarjha 1y ago

Adguard on macOS constantly runs an Electron app in the background :(

robertoandred 1y ago
It doesn't. The Electron app is for settings, and you can just quit it.

microflash 1y ago

Adguard is still better because it ships multiple extensions that you can enable to bypass filter limit on iOS. uBlock Origin Lite is not able to block annoying Google sign in pop ups, yet.