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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by dwighttk on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:03PM (#18973579)
iOS might not support Firefox addons, but you can use a system wide ad block app with Firefox.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:08PM (#18973639)
The "system wide adblock" on iOS has the same restrictions as this new Chrome extension system. It does not support the extension API that uBlock Origin uses.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge...

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by pdimitar on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:11PM (#18973670)
Not versed in the technical details but 1Blocker X for iOS Safari has prevented practically 99.9% of all ads I used to see in an unmodded Android Chrome before. I've only seen 2 websites have some form of ads in the last 14 months.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:13PM (#18973706)
Then Chromium's Manifest v3 is for you. Most of the other people commenting here want something more powerful.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by gruez on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:59PM (#18975274)
>I've only seen 2 websites have some form of ads in the last 14 months.

It doesn't work on reddit, which makes up a lot of page visits for most people. Also, they can't defuse/bypass anti-adblock scripts.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by nyolfen on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:10PM (#18973665)
there are dns rule-based adblockers for ios
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