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Best Content Blocker?
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I'm using both uBlock Origin and Ghostery, they seem to work well.
In the past I used AdBlock (not AdBlock Plus, which is a different product), which was also pretty good.
This is probably the wrong forum though, you might have better luck in the Safari forum.
In the past I used AdBlock (not AdBlock Plus, which is a different product), which was also pretty good.
This is probably the wrong forum though, you might have better luck in the Safari forum.
Ghostery is not needed when used with uBlock Origin. uBlock Origin has the same/more capabilities and does it better. You're slowing down performance by running both. Also I believe Ghostery was bought by a marketing company like Adblock.
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uBlock Origin does not work with Apple's API's for good reason. Although I give a hats off to Apple for implementing such a feature their API is inferior and limited in function compared to uBlock Origin. For one, the API only allows a limited number of blocking filters.
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To answer your question, uBlock Origin is hands down better than any other blocker. It's lighter, faster, uses less memory/CPU, blocks tracking and many other content types. It also has anti-blocking functionality. It's a HUGE deal that the creators are independently run and passionate about their product and won't be bought out or try and make money off your browsing. Every day another adblocker gets bought out by a marketing company.
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It does not. It's not in the safari extensions. But there is a very stable well working version on GitHub. Worth the 2 extra steps to install it.
https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/releases
The program gets updated around once a month.
Edit: but the blocking filters get updated automatically all day, everyday.
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1Blocker is good, it seems to get updates frequently, got some advanced settings that I don't actually use/need but you might like it.
ublock origin 
if you wanna try the pre-release version yea:
http://www.cio.com/article/3147355/consumer-electronics/macos-ublock-origin-comes-to-safari.html
I think for now though, its only Firefox & chrome
if you wanna try the pre-release version yea:
http://www.cio.com/article/3147355/consumer-electronics/macos-ublock-origin-comes-to-safari.html
I think for now though, its only Firefox & chrome
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uBlock Origin, as many have mentioned. Also, GlimmerBlocker works at a lower level, as an http proxy. So whatever rules you use with GB work with any browser or http requester.
I use Privacy Badger from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Although it is sometimes a little strong.
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
uBlock origin in Safari extensions: https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBlock-8782JU4WM4
Is there no way to unblock certain elements with uBlock? It really screws up YouTube, but there’s seemingly only “ON” or “OFF.”
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
Myself and other users have noticed that with it enabled on Safari for OSX, odd elements either do or don’t load, comments may or may not show up, clicks for related videos don’t register (or are perhaps blocked). Etc.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/25135282/
We are talking about content blockers here, not the Adguard App that uses a VPN to filter.
The Adguard extension is a content blocker and if you turn off these two options, they cannot see any of your data.
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