Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by hnaccy on Friday September 20, 2019 @05:30PM (#21031491)

So enforce human reviews for any update to extension with "read all requests" permission and over X users.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by Despegar on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:14PM (#21031868)

Nah. If they feel inclined to do something more powerful than the Content Blocker API then they should build the ad blocker themselves into Safari. It can be off by default and configurable by users.

It'd make the Content Blocker API kind of pointless but that'd be safer than letting third parties in.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by michaelmrose on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:23PM (#21031929)

I don't see much value in ecosystems that where only one party can build powerful tools

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by Despegar on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:12PM (#21032237)

I don't think "ecosystems" are a priority in and of themselves for Apple.

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