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by happybuy 5y ago
Yes it's possible to build ad blockers on Safari using the Apple content blocker API. Support was also added for Web extensions in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. The web extension support is what enabled us to deploy complete YouTube ad bl
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by happybuy 5y ago
I make a Safari ad blocker app for iOS and macOS - Magic Lasso Adblock - https://www.magiclasso.co/ It's free to use and download with an optional Pro subscription that includes additional features and makes > $500&
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The Tragedy of Safari(magiclasso.co)
2 points by happybuy 5y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 5y ago
Anecdotally, I've seen in the past with both Google and Apple Search Ads that a large portion of the spend is paying for taps that you would have gotten organically anyway. When you start using these tools, they almost seem to replace
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by happybuy 5y ago
Being an App Store developer is like intentionally walking into an abusive relationship and hoping that the pay-off will be worth the trouble. I'm sure you're aware but, as an app developer, the review process seems random at many
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by happybuy 5y ago
Does uBlock Origin have a lot more customisable power user features? Yes. Are they relevant to the majority of users who want to be able to enable an ad blocker and get great results without a lot of fuss? Probably not. Does uBlock Origin a
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by happybuy 5y ago
That’s not true re the Safari ad blocker ecosystem. We develop a Safari ad blocker [1] that works on iOS and macOS which provides performant and private ad blocking. Unlike previous ad blockers using other extension mechanisms, it also can’
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by happybuy 5y ago
Generally no. There are a couple of sites where this may occur but we quickly resolve it via the in-app rule updates.
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by happybuy 5y ago
Most functionality that people use Ublock Origin for doesn't actually require Safari extensions – it can be more efficiently and privately implemented using Content Blocker extensions. These have been available on iOS for a long time n
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by happybuy 5y ago
This article conflates retention of product use and retention of ongoing paying customers without being clear on which it is talking about at any point. -You can measure how many users use your product for each period – which is usage reten
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by happybuy 5y ago
On our website we have no analytics or trackers installed at all. The app usage statistics come via the Apple App Store. App Store users can opt out of these stats via an OS-level setting.
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by happybuy 5y ago
Google has no incentive to support effective ad blocking on platforms they control (Android and Chrome). This has made us reluctant to develop for or invest time on these platforms – the platform owner would be working against what we would
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by happybuy 5y ago
As a developer of an ad blocker[1] our stats would seem to back up what Plausible has found: - Despite having equivalent desktop (macOS) and mobile (iOS) apps, most of our users (> 75%) use the app primarily on desktop - Most users say t
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by happybuy 5y ago
Part of the problem – as AdGuard concedes in the post – is that Easy List (which AdGuard and many other ad blockers use) is a woefully inefficient rule list with over 50,000 entries. Many of which are out of date, redundant and not optimise
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“Hey Google, stop tracking me” (2020)(magiclasso.co)
2 points by happybuy 6y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 6y ago
Note that a block list doesn't have to be large to block most ads and trackers. It just requires an efficient block list that is well maintained, consolidates rules into general items and aggressively removes any redundant rules. Our a
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by happybuy 6y ago
Performance changes depending upon the rule list provided to Safari. A better (not necessarily larger) rule list means that more unnecessary items are blocked and web pages therefore load more quickly. This means that there can be a large d
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by happybuy 6y ago
For Safari users who use a native content blocker, we've done some similar testing to see the impact of our ad blocker. - Speed improvements: https://www.magiclasso.co/insights/difference-adblocking/ - Batter
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Adblock that doubles your battery life(magiclasso.co)
3 points by happybuy 6y ago|1 comments
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by happybuy 6y ago
This is a great and very useful addition to the Swift ecosystem. Currently develop a very popular iOS/macOS app in Swift which talks to an AWS Lambda backend written in Node.js. This has required some model code to have dual Swift and
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by happybuy 7y ago
Amazon obviously feels they are now big enough and dominant enough in online commerce that they don't need the additional traffic affiliates provide. It seems that the common prevailing view (at least in the US) is that Amazon is some
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by happybuy 7y ago
> I'll just continue to block all Javascript. This allows truly ethical websites to run static ads, and blocks a ton of tracking. This is definitely a potential approach for 'Pro' users. E.g. those people who understand an
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Ethical ad blocking: Magic Lasso Adblock 2.0(magiclasso.co)
1 points by happybuy 7y ago|2 comments
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“Hey Google, stop tracking me”(magiclasso.co)
41 points by happybuy 7y ago|2 comments
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by happybuy 7y ago
I recently evaluated a bunch of static website builders to find the best one to create and manage a website for my app[0] which is hosted on Amazon S3. This was to replace a hand-coded HTML site. I tried Harp, Wintersmith, Jekyll, Hugo and
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by happybuy 7y ago
A failure of both democracy and capitalism. It's a very dysfunctional society to arrive at such a crisis, only to realise that the state is incapable of solving it, enough that a private corporation feels that it is necessary and appro
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Apple commits $2.5B to combat housing crisis in California(apple.com)
46 points by happybuy 7y ago|69 comments
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by happybuy 7y ago
Interesting product but I'm not sure if you currently differentiate enough (for a developer) from what can be created on AWS using a NodeJS Lambda function and a CloudWatch event. AWS has the advantage of scalability and integration wi
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Is advertising immoral: A deep dive into the ethics of advertising(magiclasso.co)
4 points by happybuy 7y ago|1 comments
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by happybuy 7y ago
There are plenty of good ad blocker alternatives available for Safari on macOS and iOS. I’ve created one that is updated regularly, has a free option, respects your privacy and doesn’t take any $ from advertisers to let ads through the ad b

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