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I'm interested in trying this, but not really interested in signing up for the whole Testflight rigamarole. I've had uBlock Origin Lite installed ever since it

I'm interested in trying this, but not really interested in signing up for the whole Testflight rigamarole. I've had uBlock Origin Lite installed ever since it was released, but I prefer Safari's Content Blocker approach which uBlock doesn't use. (uBlock uses manifest v3, and it sometimes it leaves those small "empty image" boxes where an ad would be; I'm not sure if those two things are related.)

acephal 1y ago
Is there any reason to prefer uBoL over Pi-Hole/Adguard Home?
- zamadatix 1y ago
  Those are DNS only adblockers.
- egypturnash 1y ago
  It works when you are outside your home network, without the additional rigamarole of setting up a VPN for all your devices to pass their internet through your home server.
  - muppetman 1y ago
    Home Adguard Home works regardless of if I'm at home or not, without a VPN. I'm on Android though and I just set the Private DNS setting - I have a domain and point it at that. I dunno if you can do Private DNS on iOS though?
    - temp0826 1y ago
      NextDNS setup has an iOS(/macOS) configuration profile generator which allows you to "lock down" the dns (and use DoH).
      - muppetman 1y ago
        Oh sweet this is good to know, I want to set this on my daughter's iPhone (if/when we get her one)
- figmert 1y ago
  Pihole/adguard are great, and while their function overlaps with uBo, they are still different. You should use both. UBo (and uBoL) have additional rules that can clean up pages. E.g. removing containers of ads. It does much more too.
- ivanjermakov 1y ago
  Absolutely. Pi hole does network blocking via DNS, uBoL does blocking via DOM queries.
rocketvole 1y ago
Why would you need testflight? This app is on the app store
- agoodusername63 1y ago
  Is it? I searched wBlock in the ios app store and found nothing.
  - pieterr 1y ago
    https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/wblock/id6746388723 https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/wblock/id6746388723
  - rocketvole 1y ago
    The github page has a link to the app store
- nozzlegear 1y ago
  Oh, I somehow missed that. On their comparison page it still talks about signing up for TestFlight to install it, which was the case the last time this extension made the rounds on HN.
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acephal 1y ago

Is there any reason to prefer uBoL over Pi-Hole/Adguard Home?

zamadatix 1y ago
Those are DNS only adblockers.
egypturnash 1y ago
It works when you are outside your home network, without the additional rigamarole of setting up a VPN for all your devices to pass their internet through your home server.
- muppetman 1y ago
  Home Adguard Home works regardless of if I'm at home or not, without a VPN. I'm on Android though and I just set the Private DNS setting - I have a domain and point it at that. I dunno if you can do Private DNS on iOS though?
  - temp0826 1y ago
    NextDNS setup has an iOS(/macOS) configuration profile generator which allows you to "lock down" the dns (and use DoH).
    - muppetman 1y ago
      Oh sweet this is good to know, I want to set this on my daughter's iPhone (if/when we get her one)
figmert 1y ago
Pihole/adguard are great, and while their function overlaps with uBo, they are still different. You should use both. UBo (and uBoL) have additional rules that can clean up pages. E.g. removing containers of ads. It does much more too.
ivanjermakov 1y ago
Absolutely. Pi hole does network blocking via DNS, uBoL does blocking via DOM queries.

rocketvole 1y ago

Why would you need testflight? This app is on the app store

agoodusername63 1y ago
Is it? I searched wBlock in the ios app store and found nothing.
- pieterr 1y ago
  https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/wblock/id6746388723 https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/wblock/id6746388723
- rocketvole 1y ago
  The github page has a link to the app store
nozzlegear 1y ago
Oh, I somehow missed that. On their comparison page it still talks about signing up for TestFlight to install it, which was the case the last time this extension made the rounds on HN.

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