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iOS 9 Ad Blockers
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I installed it this morning. It does make loading pages faster. Rachel did a good job. Being free is nice as well.
For sure, I am looking forward to the tech blogs doing comparisons of which content blocker is the most efficient. Seems there's a lot of them in development and Crystal seems to be the most talked about one.
I am keeping an eye out for all the different offerings that are about to hit the MAS. I like the simplicity of Freedom. It will be interesting to see how Crystal compares.
Just download the Crystal blocker on TestFlight today and very impressed speed wise is superb
Come Wednesday, I hope we see some 'in use' YouTube videos.
If you come across an ad that didn't block, can you ad it to the block list on the fly with the phone, or do you have to contact the developer, so that he can add the site to the block list?
You ahve to contact the developer and the site/ad will be reviewed within 7 days and the blacklist will be updated
I am not seeing a VPN profile showing under Settings > General > Profiles. I do see Settings > General > VPN (Not connected). Click on that and you are met with the "Ad VPN Configuration" option.
Protip - don't activate two content blockers at once.
Hmm I'm testing two content blockers now (Freedom & Blockr). Freedom has been working great. I installed Blockr today and realized I could activate both at the same time with the sliders on settings.
Page didnt load, so i assume there's an overlap or something in the code that messes safari up. So, stick with one I guess.
Hmm I'm testing two content blockers now (Freedom & Blockr). Freedom has been working great. I installed Blockr today and realized I could activate both at the same time with the sliders on settings.
Page didnt load, so i assume there's an overlap or something in the code that messes safari up. So, stick with one I guess.
yeah their twitter handle is @getblockrapp
their site is blockr-app.com
Im using via Testflight.
I'm testing Freedom via Testflight and I didn't have to install a profile...I downloaded the app, turned it on, and that was it.
Wish I had known about Crystal sooner. I signed up for the beta but doubt I will get in, because I signed up late.
For those using Crystal, is it able to block sponsored ads, as well as other ads that adguard and the like don't seem to block?
Got an invite and installed Crystal. It's working perfectly so far! I've found a few sites that show the adds but love that you can report them through the application.