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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread
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Bummer.
He did fix Yahoo and now Crystal is blocking sponsored ads!
Edit: Blocking Yahoo sponsored ads on iPad, but not on iPhone.
That's one of my tester sites too, think Safari Blocker was fine on it and Adamant
I have spoken with the developer and it is going to be next week (release of 1.1 beta) before I will be able to review Silentium. The developer says it will be much faster than what it is now, along with having several bug fixes.
I certainly understand their position. I have inquired as to how long the Silentium sale will be. As soon as I find out, I will post, unless the developer beats me to it.
I certainly understand their position. I have inquired as to how long the Silentium sale will be. As soon as I find out, I will post, unless the developer beats me to it.
Cool. I will say, it currently isn't as fast as Purify and Crystal.
I like the app overall, compared to those two and devs seem very committed to improve it!
The iPhone 5s is 64 bit capable. More than likely, the user hadn't installed a content blocker at the time of posting.
5S is a 64-bit device. Did you install a blocker. Only shows if one is installed
Macworld.com is finally working in Crystal. Plenty of other content blockers still haven't gotten that working yet.
I think I found my combination purify + social toggle of silencium. Or replace purify with adbomb and keep social toggle of silentium on.
Here's how you customize your whitelist in Silentium.
You can allow ads, allow scripts and allow images on a white listed page by checking each off or leaving either of the three unchecked, if you want one or more to work on a white listed site.
Very customizable.
You can allow ads, allow scripts and allow images on a white listed page by checking each off or leaving either of the three unchecked, if you want one or more to work on a white listed site.
Very customizable.
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With all this shill nonsense in this thread I have uninstalled Purify, any app that has to have shills spam a forum can't be trusted.
I've replaced it with Silentium which looks like the best out there, very fast and no problems with pages loading (and no spammy shills making multiple "I love this app" posts about it).
I've replaced it with Silentium which looks like the best out there, very fast and no problems with pages loading (and no spammy shills making multiple "I love this app" posts about it).
Posted a review of Adblocker (free blocker made by the Dolphin browser people).
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So, you're actually blaming the app, and uninstalling it, just because one of our members happens to love that app. I feel it is better to place the shills on your ignore list rather than allowing them to control your actions.
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Getting rid of an app because some people on a forum are a little zealous in their support, is rather illogical, in my opinion. That is not necessarily the kind of reasoning to brag about, because it is filled with logical fallacy. It is no different than a child being confronted by his parent, and the parent asks him why he did thus and thus, and the kid replies, 'Everyone else was jumping off the cliff.'
If the app doesn't work as you need it to, or you have some kind of business ethics issue with developer, then by all means put it aside for something that does work for you. That should be the proverbial bottom line, not using the 'other people were doing it to' defense.
Since I have an iPhone 5 - is BlockParty still currently the best option for self-compiling? Tempted to try, at the very least I'd get some Xcode experience...