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Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:59PM (#10314208)
Hey, project creator here -- been working on this with some friends as a side project. It's a free, open-source adblocker, and it's based on EasyList / EasyPrivacy. It doesn't have 'acceptable ads.'

Hoping to add user-controlled whitelisting soon. Would love feedback on app design / setup flow / any constructive thoughts!

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by unicornporn on Thursday October 01, 2015 @06:37PM (#10315269)
Cool! Anything that makes it different from http://adblockfast.com ?
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Thursday October 01, 2015 @07:14PM (#10315477)
It's a different block list -- they wrote their own, this one is based on open-source Easylist / Easyprivacy.

I'm honestly not sure which blocklist is better between mine and Adblock Fast's. If you have feedback, would love to hear.

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by sjestus on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:36PM (#10314919)
On step 4 of the intro, it says "Click content blockers," when it should say "tap content blockers."
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:47PM (#10314999)
Thanks, good change.
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by javierprovecho on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:34PM (#10314907)
easy and simple! good job.

suggestion: you could add a identificator for blocklist version, in case you plan to introduce updates outside the app store. (like crystal)

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:45PM (#10314986)
Good idea, will do -- thanks!
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by an4rchy on Friday October 02, 2015 @12:23PM (#10319479)
Simple and clean!

Also, the video/animation for load time is hard to compare, it would be great to see them side by side or see actual numbers.

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Friday October 02, 2015 @02:44PM (#10320439)
That makes sense -- good point.
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by peterloron on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:34PM (#10314909)
@mattkrisiloff -- What makes this different/better than Crystal? Thanks.
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:46PM (#10314990)
It's free / open-source is the main thing. No 'acceptable ads' either.

Crystal costs $1, and they're paid money by Adblock Plus to pass some ads through.

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by stephenr on Friday October 02, 2015 @02:41AM (#10317055)
Does/will this a) have a companion safari extension for OS X and b) sync it's settings via iCloud?
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:35AM (#10317356)
a) Probably not -- I'm a Chrome user on desktop, and uBlock works sufficiently for me.

b) That's a good feature idea! Thanks.

Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by stephenr on Friday October 02, 2015 @06:07AM (#10317615)
Well now that I've installed it and see it has no settings, b) seems somewhat irrelevant..
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by wingerlang on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:09AM (#10317295)
Nice demo. And nice touch to mention the cache, which was on my mind.
Re:Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker by mattkrisiloff on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:33AM (#10317353)
Thanks!