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This is not applicable on iOS. The Firefox app remains a wrapper built on Apple’s WebKit engine rather than a fully native implementation. However, with the rec

This is not applicable on iOS. The Firefox app remains a wrapper built on Apple’s WebKit engine rather than a fully native implementation. However, with the recent release of uBlock for iOS, Safari has become significantly more tolerable. I’ve tried many so‑called “browsers” (acknowledging they’re all essentially WebKit wrappers), but none match Safari’s energy efficiency or the seamlessness of its sync features.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
Ad blocking has been available an effective since 2015 with iOS 8.
- hu3 1y ago
  Certainly not uBlock Origin of Firefox or anything close to it because of API limitations on Safari. I can see the Lite one available. Which is gimped.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    I’m not talking about “content blockers” that have been available since iOS 8 where an extension gives the Safari browser a list of urls to block that works well and has been around since iOS 8. I mean real web extensions https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iphab0432bf6/ios https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iphab0432bf6/io...
    - hu3 1y ago
      Cool so where is uBlock origin non-Lite for iOS?
      - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        Well, what do you think you can do with uBlock origin that you can’t do with 1Blocker with web extensions https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9313586-1blocker-scripts-overview https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9313586-1blocker-sc...
        eipi10_hn 1y ago
        Custom scriptlet.
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        raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        So instead of just throwing out random words - what end result do you want that you can’t do? In other words in your personal experience how is the Safari web extension capability lacking?
        hu3 1y ago
        The point here is, there's no full uBlock Origin in Safari like there's in Firefox because of Apple's limitations. See this post with 400+ comments from 67 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825 Top comment explains it all: > People should be way more upset at the fact that Safari adblocking today is still inferior to even MV3 Google Chrome. Apple's implementation of declarativeNetRequest was semi-broken until the very latest iOS 18.6. Apple can do the bare minimum, years after everyone else, and barely get called out. The Reality Distortion Field is the enemy.
        raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        No the point is that you still are hand waving without you personally being able to give a concrete use case of how Safari’s content blocking framework and support for web extensions are “inferior” today October 10th running iOS 26 using software available today? I didn’t ask about a specific software. I asked what use case did you personally have that can’t be done on iOS 26? Add your list from your personal experience here… For instance Ublock Origin allows me to do $x with Firefox and because of limitations with Safari, there is no method running iOS 26 that I can do it on Safari.
        1y ago
_yvnd 1y ago
TIL about UBlock on IOS. Is it good? I've just switched to IOS and have been trying the free version of 1Blocker but it wasn't removing stuff like pop ups.
- mrbonner 1y ago
  It is as good as the desktop version from my experience.
comprev 1y ago
NextDNS has proven effective for me on iOS. On mobile devices I have the app and my home router is configured to force all DNS requests to use NextDNS servers.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago

Ad blocking has been available an effective since 2015 with iOS 8.

hu3 1y ago
Certainly not uBlock Origin of Firefox or anything close to it because of API limitations on Safari. I can see the Lite one available. Which is gimped.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  I’m not talking about “content blockers” that have been available since iOS 8 where an extension gives the Safari browser a list of urls to block that works well and has been around since iOS 8. I mean real web extensions https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iphab0432bf6/ios https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iphab0432bf6/io...
  - hu3 1y ago
    Cool so where is uBlock origin non-Lite for iOS?
    - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
      Well, what do you think you can do with uBlock origin that you can’t do with 1Blocker with web extensions https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9313586-1blocker-scripts-overview https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9313586-1blocker-sc...
      - eipi10_hn 1y ago
        Custom scriptlet.
        deleted 1y ago
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        raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        So instead of just throwing out random words - what end result do you want that you can’t do? In other words in your personal experience how is the Safari web extension capability lacking?
        hu3 1y ago
        The point here is, there's no full uBlock Origin in Safari like there's in Firefox because of Apple's limitations. See this post with 400+ comments from 67 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825 Top comment explains it all: > People should be way more upset at the fact that Safari adblocking today is still inferior to even MV3 Google Chrome. Apple's implementation of declarativeNetRequest was semi-broken until the very latest iOS 18.6. Apple can do the bare minimum, years after everyone else, and barely get called out. The Reality Distortion Field is the enemy.
        raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        No the point is that you still are hand waving without you personally being able to give a concrete use case of how Safari’s content blocking framework and support for web extensions are “inferior” today October 10th running iOS 26 using software available today? I didn’t ask about a specific software. I asked what use case did you personally have that can’t be done on iOS 26? Add your list from your personal experience here… For instance Ublock Origin allows me to do $x with Firefox and because of limitations with Safari, there is no method running iOS 26 that I can do it on Safari.
        1y ago

_yvnd 1y ago

TIL about UBlock on IOS. Is it good? I've just switched to IOS and have been trying the free version of 1Blocker but it wasn't removing stuff like pop ups.

mrbonner 1y ago
It is as good as the desktop version from my experience.

comprev 1y ago

NextDNS has proven effective for me on iOS. On mobile devices I have the app and my home router is configured to force all DNS requests to use NextDNS servers.