The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread

[bandofbrothers]

Noob question time : Will their be any type of clash if a person uses more than one Content Blocker option ?

 

[steveing64]

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 ...

Crystal is free for now when it goes live

 

[Dephibio]

Purify just launched in the US App Store.
Not available here in Germany yet

Nope, not yet available in US App Store.

 

[dojoman]

Noob question. So these content blocker works for iOS in Safari? I don't need to use special browser correct?

 

[ATC]

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.

 

[lemimouth]

Noob question. So these content blocker works for iOS in Safari? I don't need to use special browser correct?

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)

 

[bandofbrothers]

Where is the Content Blocker Setting in Safari ? I'm not seeing anything in Settings-Safari.

I'm in the UK.

 

[east85]

Yeah, I'm not seeing Purify in the app store, or any content blockers for that matter. Not yet, anyways.

 

[lemimouth]

Where is the Content Blocker Setting in Safari ? I'm not seeing anything in Settings-Safari.

I'm in the UK.

Well, did you install one ?

 

[Cougarcat]

Noob question. So these content blocker works for iOS in Safari? I don't need to use special browser correct?

Yes, as well as any app that uses a Safari web view (they'll have to be updated.)

 

[bandofbrothers]

Well, did you install one ?

Lol No not at the moment but I assumed one had to toggle some form of setting on in Safari ?

 

[steveing64]

Its in safari settings but think you need download one of the apps first

 

[lemimouth]

Lol No not at the moment but I assumed one had to toggle some form of setting on in Safari ?

You have to install one to enable it ; it's like the notification settings : an app must be installed to access it's notification configuration

 

[bandofbrothers]

Its in safari settings but think you need download one of the apps first

Thank you.

Which one are you using ie from App Store or are you using a beta from a dev ?

 

[kdhoe]

Crystal is out! Just installed it.

 

[pearvsapple]

So I take it: none of those are available to the public yet.

 

[onepoint]

Not seeing any of these yet in US App Store.

 

[steveing64]

Crystal is now live in App store

 

[ATC]

I take it none of the ad blockers are compatible with an iPhone 5 or 5c, only 5S or later?

 

[apunkrockmonk]

Crystal is now live in App store

I'm not seeing it in the U.S. On my iPhone or iPad.

Edit: via direct link I can access it

Crystal - Block Ads, Browse Faster. by Dean Murphy
https://appsto.re/us/Cat78.i

 

[onepoint]

Crystal is now live in App store

Where are you located geographically? Still not showing up on my end, in PA.

 

[funkymonkeyboy]

Crystal is now live in App store

Working for me ok in the UK. Nice.

 

[steveing64]

Where are you located geographically? Still not showing up on my end, in PA.

U.K. Based

 

[codeman7]

I could not search for Crystal in the app store, but using the App Store link from the Crystal website worked for me: http://crystalapp.co

 

[Solver]

I take it none of the ad blockers are compatible with an iPhone 5 or 5c, only 5S or later?

Should work on a iPhone 5s. It has an A7 (1st gen) 64-bit processor.
Won't work on 32-bit processor devices.