New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads

Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by walrus01 on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:24AM (#23868403)

I've been using the full desktop version of the ublock origin plugin on firefox mobile for quite some time, and it's dramatically improved my mobile experience.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by jyriand on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:55AM (#23868608)

This plugin works only in android, right? Tried to install it on my iPhone but it said it’s not compatible with my browser although i have Firefox installed.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by captn3m0 on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:57AM (#23868618)

Yup, Firefox on iOS isn't the full Firefox, its just a Webview (fake Safari) due to Apple's restrictions.

So no addons anytime soon.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by AlexTrask on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:25AM (#23869081)

If you are interested in improve privacity on iPhone and user Firefox you can user Firefox focus but i will seed ads

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by wayneftw on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:57AM (#23870494)

Try BlockBear for Safari on iOS.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by brobdingnagians on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:26AM (#23868414)

Same, I downloaded Firefox for mobile specifically to get the ublock origin plugin. Then I discovered that I like their tab display with the two columns of thumbnails a lot more than other mobile browsers as well.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by GekkePrutser on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:13AM (#23871394)

Yes it's great... I also use other adblocking methods (DNS based) but uBlock Origin remains king.

Only thing I really really miss from FF Mobile is the pull to refresh. I so wish they'd add that, because every time I open a tab with a news site that was already opened it shows stale information, and I have to open the hamburger menu to do a refresh. 2 actions instead of one.

An option to have sites auto refresh when switching to the tab after xx minutes would be great too. Right now it's just too inconvenient.

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Re:New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads by rq1 on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:02AM (#23871264)

I'm using AdGuard (free) on Safari mobile and it wokrs great so far.

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