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Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by prophesi on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @08:10PM (#20290606)
Honestly, blocking ads/trackers on mobile has always been a tricky business. You could set up Pi-Hole on your home network. Or see if there's something similar to this on iOS: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dnsfilter.android/
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Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by beatgammit on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @08:38PM (#20290758)
It's actually one of the reasons I use Android and why I'm looking at alternatives, like Librem 5 and PinePhone. I don't like how Apple doesn't allow competing browser engines on their phones and tablets (only skins that use Safari underneath), and I don't like Google's privacy issues on their phones.
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Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by prophesi on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @10:14PM (#20291191)
Yeah, I've pre-ordered the Librem 5 for those same reasons. It will likely absolutely pale in comparison to Android/iOS features, but I'm wanting to go full "Off To Be The Wizard" and help develop the lacking apps.
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