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So I signed up and got an email about this a few days ago. Does that mean I'm signed up to receive an invite to install Crystal whenever it's available for testing? When should I expect this? I just got a replacement iPhone 6 Plus so do I need to sign up again or just send my new iPhone UDID? Thank you!

I'm just waiting for Apple to allow test flight distributions currently, then I'll be doing a random selection to bring 1000 people into the beta (currently 9500 people registered interest)
 
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I installed the Open adblock off Github, and found it does a great job at blocking everything so far.
Only issue I've had, is on break.com - can't seem to play videos on there with it.

@Deano.uk Des yours work okay playing videos on break.com?
 
iMore is reporting that not all devices that can run iOS 9 will be able to run content blockers.

iPhone 4s, 4 and 5c are out. Also, iPad 3rd gen. and 4th gen are out.
 
iMore is reporting that not all devices that can run iOS 9 will be able to run content blockers.

iPhone 4s, 4 and 5c are out. Also, iPad 3rd gen. and 4th gen are out.

I can confirm it works on my iPhone 5c, but we won't be able to download content blocker apps from App Store when iOS 9 is released, we will have to download and run open source ones.
 
iMore is reporting that not all devices that can run iOS 9 will be able to run content blockers.

iPhone 4s, 4 and 5c are out. Also, iPad 3rd gen. and 4th gen are out.
....iPhone 4 doesn't even get iOS 9, what's your point?
 
iMore is reporting that not all devices that can run iOS 9 will be able to run content blockers.

iPhone 4s, 4 and 5c are out. Also, iPad 3rd gen. and 4th gen are out.

I guess Apple thinks that owners of those devices need a small nudge to upgrade. Even if they bought something from the current portfolio like the iPhone 5C. Apple would never enforce something like planned obsolescence, but this move conveniently renders those devices nearly obsolete for web browsing. Despite the fact that by blocking ads and trackers they would also load websites faster. Hopefully they don't block open source ad blockers via Xcode.
 
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Hi.

I also have an ad blocker worked out in Xcode and also beta testing in my devices, it's just waiting for iOS 9 release to be submitted for approval to the AppStore.


One of the most important aspects of the App is the transparency, the Content Blocker list is available open source on GitHub here: https://github.com/RuiCarneiro/PublicWebKitContentBlockerRules


It's going to be called Ad Bomber, and I hope you guys like it.
 
One of the most important aspects of the App is the transparency, the Content Blocker list is available open source on GitHub here: https://github.com/RuiCarneiro/PublicWebKitContentBlockerRules

Is there really a speed difference between a "small" list and a "big" list (like this one : https://github.com/snoack/abp2blocklist/tree/compatible), as the list is compiled into bytecode and is supposed to be fast anyway ?

I'm using the big list (the conversion from easyList) and the navigation is REALLY fast, comparing to not using content blocker
 
Is there really a speed difference between a "small" list and a "big" list (like this one : https://github.com/snoack/abp2blocklist/tree/compatible), as the list is compiled into bytecode and is supposed to be fast anyway ?

I'm using the big list (the conversion from easyList) and the navigation is REALLY fast, comparing to not using content blocker

I tried with a 2000 rules list, and it already felt slow on my iPad Air on my 100mbps wifi.

I feel like easy list is too bloated, most of the rules do nothing, also, there's no official documentation, but it seems that Apple is limiting lists to 50,000 rules, and easy list already is bigger than that.

I want also to leave web developers alone, and I find most of easy list rules bad because they can block ads, but also non-ads, thankfully, WebKit is more precise.
 
Apple mentioned third party devs being able to create as blockers for safari in iOS 9. Anyone know if any of these are available to use/try yet or will they not be available until iOS 9 is officially released?
I compiled and installed BlockParty. It works very well. As it says there are spaces left open for the ads but that's the only negative.
 
I guess Apple thinks that owners of those devices need a small nudge to upgrade. Even if they bought something from the current portfolio like the iPhone 5C. Apple would never enforce something like planned obsolescence, but this move conveniently renders those devices nearly obsolete for web browsing. Despite the fact that by blocking ads and trackers they would also load websites faster. Hopefully they don't block open source ad blockers via Xcode.
I have a 5c with BlockParty installed...
 
I have a 5c with BlockParty installed...

And it probably works just fine. Hopefully they still allow the xcode sideloading with the final. But according to the article Apple decided that you won't be able to install any Adblocker from the official App Store when iOS 9 arrives. It will be artifically restricted to 64bit devices for unkown reasons. I couldn't think of any technical reason, why they decided to do this. Slow performance isn't true, websites load way faster with an adblocker even on older devices. So maybe they just want to make upgrades more attractive.
 
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And it probably works just fine. Hopefully they still allow the xcode sideloading with the final. But according to the article Apple decided that you won't be able to install any Adblocker from the official App Store when iOS 9 arrives. It will be artifically restricted to 64bit devices for unkown reasons. I couldn't think of any technical reason, why they decided to do this. Slow performance isn't true, websites load way faster with an adblocker even on older devices. So maybe they just want to make upgrades more attractive.
Damn. Maybe I'll keep the beta then.
 
I tried with a 2000 rules list, and it already felt slow on my iPad Air on my 100mbps wifi.

I feel like easy list is too bloated, most of the rules do nothing, also, there's no official documentation, but it seems that Apple is limiting lists to 50,000 rules, and easy list already is bigger than that.

I want also to leave web developers alone, and I find most of easy list rules bad because they can block ads, but also non-ads, thankfully, WebKit is more precise.

I've also noticed my Safari battery usage creeping up since using the big list with BlockParty.
 
This is definitely one of the great features of ios9. Now how about all the spam in my inbox??


Spamsieve is the best app for filtering email I have found. 98% accurate.

http://c-command.com/spamsieve/

I leave apple mail open on my mac with Spamsieve installed it filters email in all of my accounts. Often they are in the junk folder before they ever get to my iphone using IMAP accounts. It also works with PowerNap if you want your mac to sleep, however it only runs about every 10-15 minutes, so some junk could show up on your iPhone, but it will be filtered at the next cycle.
 
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