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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread

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Rigby

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pcfacts said:
Does anyone know if there's a way to block the smart app banners in Safari? Those are the banners on top of a visited page promoting the site's own iOS app. It gets annoying after a while.
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Not possible using the iOS 9 content blocker API. The banners are actually generated by Safari if the web site sets a specific HTML meta tag, which cannot be blocked by content blocker extensions.

It's possible to filter the tag using a VPN/proxy-based blocker, but those have serious security and privacy risks.
 
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Mactaculious

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Abazigal said:
Last 5 pages dedicated to blowing Purify's horn. Personally, I use Crystal, and it has been working great for me. Sure, no toggles to customise my browsing experience, but everything that needs to work, works.

What exactly is the whole advantage of Purify again? What am I missing here?
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Yeah I think we need to rename this thread to the "Purify thread".
 
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^That would be something I would use in tandem with a dedicated adblocker, and not just by itself, correct?

In other words, Mr. Crumble only blocks the cookie banners and no ads?
 
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MrGuder

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I think Apple should buy Purify and make it standard in the next iOS, hire the developer to work at Apple.
 
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penajmz said:
So I installed Purify and ads starting showing up? Adblock back on.
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Did you report the sites in Purify?

It doesn't make any sense, to throw away an app you just bought, just because it showed some ads on particular websites. How is the developer supposed to be able to make the app better, if people buy an app and then throw it away, because it doesn't block every ad right away on every website traversed?
 
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penajmz

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BasicGreatGuy said:
Did you report the sites in Purify?

It doesn't make any sense, to throw away an app you just bought, just because it showed some ads on particular websites. How is the developer supposed to be able to make the app better, if people buy an app and then throw it away, because it doesn't block every ad right away on every website traversed?
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I visited Macrumors . com with it on, ads were showing. Visited the same site with adblock on, no ads anywhere. I don't want to have to report every site that is showing ads, it should work. Getting a refund.
 
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penajmz said:
I visited Macrumors . com with it on, ads were showing. Visited the same site with adblock on, no ads anywhere. I don't want to have to report every site that is showing ads, it should work. Getting a refund.
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There is no such thing as a content blocker that can block ads on every website. Impossible. Purify doesn't promise it can block ads everywhere on the internet.

Adblock certainly can't do it.

I haven't seen ads with Purify on here.

Are you sure you had Purify enabled, and hard closed Safari before free opening?
 
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penajmz

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BasicGreatGuy said:
There is no such thing as a content blocker that can block ads on every website. Impossible. Purify doesn't promise it can block ads everywhere on the internet.

Adblock certainly can't do it.

I haven't seen ads with Purify on here.

Are you sure you had Purify enabled, and hard closed Safari before free opening?
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I went into settings just now, disabled AdBlock and enabled Purify. Force closed Safari and reloaded Macrumors. This is what it looks like.
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SMIDG3T said:
Why would you whitelist your favourite sites? Makes no sense, you'd want no adverts on the sites you visit the most.
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I have Peace installed on iOS, and Ghostery on OS X. Having done this, unless you whitelist getsupport.apple.com it's impossible to submit an iTunes support request. It seems that even Apple rely on trackers to some degree! I've submitted a suggestion to Apple that they design their support site to work properly without trackers.
 
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