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  • The normal uBlock origin extension can be installed on Orion browser for iOS

    Orion is webkit and can be set as default browser.

    by joak
  • Is this legitimate? I can’t find any reference to this on Raymond Hill’s github or ublock’s web site.
    by eptcyka
  • In all these years I haven’t found a better solution than DNS blocking with NextDNS on iOS. The only place I get ads is YT (but for that I have an Albanian VPN)
    by ornornor
  • I had been wishing for uBlock Origin for Safari for years, but now that it’s here (I’ve been using it since the betas), I’m disappointed. It’s really ugly to look at (even the icon in the toolbar looks out of place), configuration is awkward and resets itself unless you give it full permissions for every website from the get go, and it doesn’t seem to be more effective than other popular blockers. Additionally, pretty much every other blocker includes several extensions to overcome the well-known 150K rule limit, but uBlock Origin only includes one, meaning it can’t be blocking as much.
    by latexr
  • The lack of proper adblocker on iOS is what convinced me to use the Brave browser instead of Firefox or Safari. An adblocker is included by default.

    And as a bonus : possibility to keep music videos playing while changing app. (A parameter has to be switched for that though)

    by mlok
  • We already have Wipr 2 (https://kaylees.site/wipr2.html) on the App store which is a pretty dang great ad blocker and well worth the price.
    by trenchpilgrim
  • Previous discussions of some months ago:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44335664

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43976898

    by HelloUsername
  • I’ve been using uBlock Origin Lite on iOS for several months now, but one shortcoming I see with the newer WebExtensions implementation in Safari is that WebExtensions can’t be used with the in-app Safari views, meaning extensions such as this one don’t work with in-app Safari views. There was an older Safari content blocker API that did work with the in-app Safari views, but it seems like apps are being updated to stop using it. As a workaround, I’ve been trying to set my apps to open the Safari app for links where possible, but I would have preferred to use the in-app Safari views.
    by tech234a

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