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And sadly, Firefox on iOS is the only browser that doesn't have a the possibility to run an Adblocker. Safari can run uBlock Origin. Brave had one built-in. Hel

And sadly, Firefox on iOS is the only browser that doesn't have a the possibility to run an Adblocker. Safari can run uBlock Origin. Brave had one built-in. Hell, even Edge has Adblock Plus. Does Mozilla have a contract with Google to not build one in as part of the search contract?

aleqs 4mo ago
Firefox on Android supports ublock, not sure why it wouldn't support it on iOS
- jmcphers 4mo ago
  It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS. Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari. See 2.5.6: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#performance https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#per...
  - CharlesW 4mo ago
    > It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS. That's incorrect, and Firefox doesn't blame Apple for this. Many 3rd-party iOS browsers do ad blocking natively and/or via extensions. https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios
  - dwaite 4mo ago
    This is not the cause though - other third-party browsers on iOS can do ad-blocking, and also can use system-installed extensions. They could also launch an alternative browser engine for iOS and iPadOS in the EU.
  - filoleg 4mo ago
    > Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari So are Chrome, Brave, and Edge. And yet, they support ad-blocking extensions (and so does Safari).
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9999gold 4mo ago
They allow extensions on the Android version. But yeah, on iOS I had to switch to Orion. It seems FF for iOS doesn’t get much attention.
hoistbypetard 4mo ago
What? https://www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile/focus/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile/focus/ The only thing I use Firefox on iOS for *is* its ad blocker.
- qzw 4mo ago
  I use it on iOS daily and there’s no ad blocker. The page you linked only mentions tracking blocking. If you actually have ad blocking enabled, I’m sure a lot of us would love to hear how you did it.
  - pseudalopex 4mo ago
    Mozilla advertised Firefox Focus to block tracking and ads before. And it blocks some ads.[1] It is not possible to block tracking effectively without blocking some ads at least. They could have stopped to advertise ad blocking because people who wanted ad blocking wanted better. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557156
  - hoistbypetard 4mo ago
    It was originally pitched as a "distraction blocker" and it works in two modes. As a browser and as a content blocker, if you enable it in Safari's extension settings. I've still got it set up as a content blocking Safari extension (you find that in Settings -> Apps -> Safari -> Extensions) and it still seems to be blocking ads for me. Maybe not as many as it once did, but I just turned it off to see, and that made an unpleasant difference. I think I've been using it for 10 years (or so) now. It's my favorite thing Mozilla has done on iOS.
- ScoobleDoodle 4mo ago
  This links to “Firefox Focus” which is different in the iOS App Store than “Firefox”. I had no idea. This Firefox Focus on iOS does effectively block adds on a recipe site unlike plain Firefox. I just did a cursory head to head test on the same recipe site url. Thank you for sharing this!
- OptionOfT 4mo ago
drnick1 4mo ago
> iOS If free computing and user control are a priority for you, consider switching to GrapheneOS. You get better security than iOS, a UI/UX that does not assume you are mildly retarded, and full freedom to run any program from any source, including IronFox (a hardened Firefox fork).

aleqs 4mo ago

Firefox on Android supports ublock, not sure why it wouldn't support it on iOS

jmcphers 4mo ago
It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS. Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari. See 2.5.6: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#performance https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#per...
- CharlesW 4mo ago
  > It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS. That's incorrect, and Firefox doesn't blame Apple for this. Many 3rd-party iOS browsers do ad blocking natively and/or via extensions. https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios
- dwaite 4mo ago
  This is not the cause though - other third-party browsers on iOS can do ad-blocking, and also can use system-installed extensions. They could also launch an alternative browser engine for iOS and iPadOS in the EU.
- filoleg 4mo ago
  > Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari So are Chrome, Brave, and Edge. And yet, they support ad-blocking extensions (and so does Safari).
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9999gold 4mo ago

They allow extensions on the Android version. But yeah, on iOS I had to switch to Orion. It seems FF for iOS doesn’t get much attention.

hoistbypetard 4mo ago

What? https://www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile/focus/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile/focus/ The only thing I use Firefox on iOS for *is* its ad blocker.

qzw 4mo ago
I use it on iOS daily and there’s no ad blocker. The page you linked only mentions tracking blocking. If you actually have ad blocking enabled, I’m sure a lot of us would love to hear how you did it.
- pseudalopex 4mo ago
  Mozilla advertised Firefox Focus to block tracking and ads before. And it blocks some ads.[1] It is not possible to block tracking effectively without blocking some ads at least. They could have stopped to advertise ad blocking because people who wanted ad blocking wanted better. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557156
- hoistbypetard 4mo ago
  It was originally pitched as a "distraction blocker" and it works in two modes. As a browser and as a content blocker, if you enable it in Safari's extension settings. I've still got it set up as a content blocking Safari extension (you find that in Settings -> Apps -> Safari -> Extensions) and it still seems to be blocking ads for me. Maybe not as many as it once did, but I just turned it off to see, and that made an unpleasant difference. I think I've been using it for 10 years (or so) now. It's my favorite thing Mozilla has done on iOS.
ScoobleDoodle 4mo ago
This links to “Firefox Focus” which is different in the iOS App Store than “Firefox”. I had no idea. This Firefox Focus on iOS does effectively block adds on a recipe site unlike plain Firefox. I just did a cursory head to head test on the same recipe site url. Thank you for sharing this!
OptionOfT 4mo ago

drnick1 4mo ago

> iOS If free computing and user control are a priority for you, consider switching to GrapheneOS. You get better security than iOS, a UI/UX that does not assume you are mildly retarded, and full freedom to run any program from any source, including IronFox (a hardened Firefox fork).