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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread
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I will indeed be using it there as well!
With ublock for safari (made by chris) why tou want purify? Lol
Ublock is free and is already there!!!
Ublock is free and is already there!!!
So there are two blockers with the same name, AdBlocker and AdBlocker. How confusing.
One of them sent me push notifications in German as I was surfing even though I had the blocker disabled in Settings. The options seem convoluted. BasicGreatGuy said he would review this one next.
One of them sent me push notifications in German as I was surfing even though I had the blocker disabled in Settings. The options seem convoluted. BasicGreatGuy said he would review this one next.
Another one is
AdBlocker for Safari
And
AdBlocker for Safari!
Yeah, just an exclamation mark.
As was said before, uBlock Origin does not work with the Safari. The Purify extension (slated to be released at some point) will be compatible with Safari and El Capitan.
No.
Ublock is one thing
Ublock origin is another.
You have ublock (made by chris) in extensions store for safari. I am using it.
Ublock is one thing
Ublock origin is another.
You have ublock (made by chris) in extensions store for safari. I am using it.
In other news:
Adblock plus is the mysterious buyer of adblock.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/02/adblock_flogged_off_to_mystery_buyer/
Adblock plus is the mysterious buyer of adblock.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/02/adblock_flogged_off_to_mystery_buyer/
ok, ublock WAS available to safari until safari9 update! (i checked it now) but i still have it in my extensions and is working properly.
i think chris just removed it in this safari's version to rename it to purify... :/
i think chris just removed it in this safari's version to rename it to purify... :/
That's what my hunch was..it make sense for adblock plus to buy adblock and expand their install base, remove competition and thereby extract more money from advertisers.
If they are sneaking in white list, then they should be really called Adblock Minus!
If they are sneaking in white list, then they should be really called Adblock Minus!
Speaking of content blockers for desktop Safari 9.0, there is Adamant as well as a few lesser-known ones: Ka-Block! and Roadblock. All are free and, I presume, use the same filters as their iOS counterparts.
I tested these three and Roadblock breaks videos on comedycentral.com. Ka-Block! doesn't block many trackers because it has only 278 rules. Adamant seems like a middle ground between these two.
These extensions have neither any options nor remote filter updates.
And this brings me to the biggest problem with the new content blocking extension API in Safari for OS X: these new content blockers are extremely hard to troubleshoot. By design, neither the extension nor the user gets any information whether something was blocked, and there's no option like on iOS to reload page without content blockers by holding the reload button.
That's why I'm not at all excited about new content blocker API and going back to Ghostery. It may use more memory, run less efficiently and rely on deprecated API, but it can do things that none of these new content blockers can. It has an option to replace social widgets, comment forms and video players with click-to-play placeholders. Ghostery shows what it blocks on every site, and I can choose to unblock a particular tracker, all trackers on the particular site, or even a particular tracker on a particular site.
So I hope that Apple changes its mind and makes it possible to see what resources were blocked.
I tested these three and Roadblock breaks videos on comedycentral.com. Ka-Block! doesn't block many trackers because it has only 278 rules. Adamant seems like a middle ground between these two.
These extensions have neither any options nor remote filter updates.
And this brings me to the biggest problem with the new content blocking extension API in Safari for OS X: these new content blockers are extremely hard to troubleshoot. By design, neither the extension nor the user gets any information whether something was blocked, and there's no option like on iOS to reload page without content blockers by holding the reload button.
That's why I'm not at all excited about new content blocker API and going back to Ghostery. It may use more memory, run less efficiently and rely on deprecated API, but it can do things that none of these new content blockers can. It has an option to replace social widgets, comment forms and video players with click-to-play placeholders. Ghostery shows what it blocks on every site, and I can choose to unblock a particular tracker, all trackers on the particular site, or even a particular tracker on a particular site.
So I hope that Apple changes its mind and makes it possible to see what resources were blocked.
I've pushed a new TestFlight build. Looks complete for me and I plan to push it to the App Store without any feature additions, just bugfixes. As per testers requested, the last list updates is displayed in the app. Also, safari extension is complete with site report functionality. Looking forward for your opinions!
I didn't read the whole post, but I in the op, it lists two content blockers, one of which seems to need mac based programs, is Apple not allowing iPhone 5's to be supported by devs? Meaning not a single app on the App Store supports iPhone 5, is that apples doing, or just the dev?
Nope — the APIs uBlock used are deprecated in favor of the new Content Blocking APIs.
Apple allowed content blockers only on 64-bit processors so thats 5s onwards. There are few open source codes available which you can compile yourself and side load on iphone 5.
Adblock Fast
It is free and open-source.
It scored an unmatchable A+ in BGG reviews.
http://appstore.com/adblockfast
thanks for that information.
but you will work on it? or you are only focused on purify atm?