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- It doesn't block the inline ads between story and comments on reddit.. my benchmark for browser ad blocking and ublock-origin is one of the few (only?) that does it. This is why I use the Orion browser on iOS.by eikenberry
- > "ads shown in search results will still appear"
Is that for a technical reason or a commercial one?
by peri-cl - commercialby yapyap
- I am using DNS filtering on mobile, and noticed a new trend on some websites that detect an ad blocker: they force a browser native alert message which effectively blocks the page, followed by a page reload when the alert is dismissed. Wonder if there is a solution for that.by alentred
- Firefox with uBO on Android can handle that easily, no idea if iOS limit thatby martheen
- UBlock Origin Lite on Safari iOS is still king I guessby basedpolymer
- Does it do cosmetic block of just DNS block?by rrgok
- Is there an android equivalent?by wredcoll
- Thanks to your comment, I just installed it and set it up. Thanks!by busymom0
- FYI: Doesn't block YouTube ads.by overflowy
- I'm regularly surprised that people are willing to block YouTube ads. I know that Google gets that advertising money too, but you're also blocking revenue that the channel owner would otherwise get. I suppose it might depend what you're watching, but most YouTubers aren't big business, they're just individuals.
YouTube Premium is one of the few subscriptions I am completely happy to pay.
by LeoPanthera - Google will stop paying them if they tried that.by quaintdev
- Finally. I turned it on immediatedly. Doesn’t seem to block youtube-ads, so unfortunately I can’t uninstall Brave just yet.
- Or search engine ads, natch. My eyes rolled out of my head.by gilrain
- I tested and adblockers work on Safari for youtube ads again? Hmm, should I just give in and start using Safari again. Maybe this time it won’t dissappiunt me… Maybe it’s different this time…
- Better title suggestions?
Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS [Non-GA] ?by Barbing - Aren't they like 10+ years late with this? So after all this time, Mozilla comes with a minimal ad-blocker that hardly blocks anything (easylist only, and worse [1] ), compared to all other ad-blockers that have been available on iOS for many years.
I don't understand, maybe i'm missing something...
[1] "Ad Blocker won’t block every ad. Ads served directly by the site you’re visiting and ads shown in search results will still appear."
by DavideNL - Tell me about it. It stopped me ditching ever more privacy invading Android for iOS. How has it taken this long?by ssl232
- I was going to give credit to the direction Mozilla was taking here after their... questionable decisions in the past few year(s).
Only to see that this is neither generally available, nor can you use it without enabling telemetry. I don't know who makes these decisions inside Mozilla, but I just don't get it.
by NikxDa - I think you can use it without enabling telemetry, due to a recent change:
> Previously, access to these changes required you to share technical and interraction data (telemetry) with Mozilla. However, as of Firefox version 148, you can opt into receiving remote improvements, even if you have opted out of sharing your telemetry or participating in our experimental studies.
- As others have mentioned it doesn't stop YouTube ads or search ads. Most likely because Mozilla is still quite dependent on Google for it's income.
Which is why I think we need to be less critical everytime Mozilla tries to make money some other way. They need to become more self sufficient in order to improve Firefox.
by c0_0p_ - It's weird because it does on Android. I use Firefox on Android to watch YouTube videos without ads.by ramijames
- We need to be more critical every time Mozilla treats FF as a product to monetize. They should seek funding in the same way that every other charity does.by account42
- I feel like they only exist so that google can claim that competition exists.by Anoian
- It's been days (weeks?) and I'm still waiting for the option to appear for me. These "experiments" are super annoying when you are on what I'm assuming is the long tail of a rollout but the marketing/blog posts speak of the feature like it's already launched.
If there's someone at Mozilla reading this: turn it on already! I want to get off Orion, it's so buggy, but the internet is unusable without an ad blocker.
by WD-42 - Why not use a DNS based solution like nextdns? or an extension like wipr?by Cub3
- This is frustrating, I think this a great development as someone who has been a Firefox user from the beginning but just switched to iOS. I see this new feature advertised and then it’s just not there, I update, still gone. The FAQ should at least be updated to say, this feature is only available at random due to a progressive experimental roll out and they should mention what version it requires etc. At least be up front when promoting something. I suppose I’ll just have to wait and then check periodically for it to show up.by robotbikes
- Obvious follow-ups: How does the A/B test choose between A and B, and how can it be manipulated into choosing A instead of B (or vice versa)? It's software, it has to be deterministic at some level.
- Even worse, two weeks back when the first news appeared (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319633), I had access to the ad blocker for about a week (and turned it on), but after a few days the option disappeared...by KORraN
- Is it that buggy ? Orion works pretty well for me. Where you have you ran into bugs ?by Melatonic