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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread
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One thing that I did not include in my 1Blocker review, (because I didn't have time to ask the developer first) is his (alleged) whitelisting of certain sites even with the toggles enabled. I have tested two of the sites mentioned, http://daringfireball.net and http://decknetwork.net and the ads are not blocked. If this is true, I don't think it is right that a developer dictate by default what will be whitelisted, especially without informing potential customers ahead of time. Granted, the ads are small and unobtrusive. It is the principle of the action that is at issue, in my mind.
The 1Blocker topic is briefly mentioned here and here.
I defend what i believe. I defend the one who produces quality at any price. That is why i am with purify now. It is the best.
If you look previously in pages, at first i was with crystal, until i found purify.
I just switch to the one i think is the best. You all should do this too.
‘Believe’ is always a good thing, and flexibility is even better.
Looking forward to tomorrow, when you will say that Vivio is the best blocker and you love the developer
Looking forward to tomorrow, when you will say that Vivio is the best blocker and you love the developer
And what is wrong with that? New evidences, new conclusions.
Only donkeys dont change their mind.
That would be great. I hope he adds network whitelists so we can unblock deck ads. But not as important as the report button
Not true. I think turtles don’t change their mind either. And sunflowers.
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I'm using Silentium now. It takes out sponsored ads n iPad, like all those on Yahoo. Purify doesn't do that on iPad. Also, this is the first blocker that blocked the upgrade pop up on kat.cr.
It's really promising.
https://appsto.re/us/QhJ29.i
It's really promising.
https://appsto.re/us/QhJ29.i
I have sent another email to the developers of Silentium, informing them, that I would like to do a review of their app for the forum. Hopefully, I will get a positive reply back.
I have sent another email to the developers of Silentium, informing them, that I would like to do a review of their app for the forum. Hopefully, I will get a positive reply back.
Looking forward to what you think. It's loading pages quickly, plus it's taking out sponsored ads.
In terms of speed, I think purify and crystal are very similar.
However, I am now liking purify more because it blocks video ads and sponsored ads
However, I am now liking purify more because it blocks video ads and sponsored ads
I'm not sure why?
Here's what Yahoo's list of stories looks like with Silentium. No sponsored ads sprinkled in between list of stories. Purify, on iPad, shows those sponsored ads on Yahoo.
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Any opinions on blockr?
All I see on threads are Crystal and Purify. Currently using Purify, it does indeed seem faster than Crystal.
Also seeing the sponsored ads bundled in my Yahoo news feed list.
All I see on threads are Crystal and Purify. Currently using Purify, it does indeed seem faster than Crystal.
Also seeing the sponsored ads bundled in my Yahoo news feed list.
I purchased Blockr, but haven't used it much. I don't think it's as good as Purify, Crystal, Silentium.
Purify blocks sponsored ads, but for some odd reason on iPad it doesn't. Silentium blocks those.
Yeah, on my iPhone the sponsered ads are gone, not on iPad, correct.
What's not good with Blockr? The speed or the ads it's not blocking?
Speed. Slower than the others. Haven't used it for awhile. May load it up again and mess around with it.
After 10 days of review, and a reject because the title was "AdBomb - Content blocker for iOS" (the " for iOS" was forbidden), AdBomb is going direct to version 2.0
Tomorrow, I'm going to launch this to beta, multiple easylists are working*... now? sleep...
* yeah, can't select ALL of them at once, AdBomb can handle them, but Safari doesn't allow more than 50K rules**, AdBomb can compress easylists (the same databases AdBlock Plus and uBlock use), so EasyList with element hidding and EasyPrivacy can fit in just 35K rules
** maybe with a little more haxxx
Tomorrow, I'm going to launch this to beta, multiple easylists are working*... now? sleep...
* yeah, can't select ALL of them at once, AdBomb can handle them, but Safari doesn't allow more than 50K rules**, AdBomb can compress easylists (the same databases AdBlock Plus and uBlock use), so EasyList with element hidding and EasyPrivacy can fit in just 35K rules
** maybe with a little more haxxx
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