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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by zuck9 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @12:18PM (#10244660)
> completely impossible

There were many 3rd party browsers on the App Store with ad blocking support since iOS 4 or earlier.

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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by jonknee on Saturday September 19, 2015 @01:00PM (#10244817)
But no way to set them as the default browser so links that open up from apps were still opening in Safari with the ads.
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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by seanp2k2 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:00PM (#10245013)
Jailbreak made it possible, or you could set up an ad-blocking proxy on your network.
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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by jonknee on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:54PM (#10245191)
Yes or now any of dozens of apps in the App Store which is what makes it a turning point.
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