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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread

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Noob question time : Will their be any type of clash if a person uses more than one Content Blocker option ?
 
Rigby said:
It's amazing how much guerilla markting there is for these adblockers. Seems like the developers are expecting a big bonanza. :)

People should realize that all of them use the same blocking mechanism, meaning that the actual blocking is performed by Webkit, not the blocker apps. They only provide the filtering rules. The differences will be in the user-configurable customization options and the amount of work the developers put into optimizing the rule sets for Webkit. I bet we'll see a wave of cheap blocker apps that simply take some existing rule set (like Easylist) and translate it to the Apple format, and only a few developers will take the time to create optimized rule sets to make sure they can be executed efficiently by Webkit ...
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Crystal is free for now when it goes live
 
It's great to have a central thread for ad blockers but I suspect it'll drastically vary by region.

I think most, if not all, will be available in the US store but not in the Canadian store for example.

Can't wait to try one out.
 
dojoman said:
Noob question. So these content blocker works for iOS in Safari? I don't need to use special browser correct?
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Yes they do work in Safari on iOS (and in all apps that uses the new Safari View Controller, which will eventually be the case once they update)
 
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Yeah, I'm not seeing Purify in the app store, or any content blockers for that matter. Not yet, anyways.
 
Its in safari settings but think you need download one of the apps first
 

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I take it none of the ad blockers are compatible with an iPhone 5 or 5c, only 5S or later?
 
ATC said:
I take it none of the ad blockers are compatible with an iPhone 5 or 5c, only 5S or later?
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Should work on a iPhone 5s. It has an A7 (1st gen) 64-bit processor.
Won't work on 32-bit processor devices.
 
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