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Re:uBlock Origin works best on Firefox by isatty on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:19PM (#26755577)
On an iPhone?

I was a noscript user from 10+ years ago (I guess?) and I’ve been using uBo for as long as I can remember but isn’t Firefox on iPhone just a wrapper? Is it battery efficient?

As a workaround I use a Pi-Hole (except, not on a pi).

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Re:uBlock Origin works best on Firefox by mcyukon on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:51PM (#26755989)
It is just a webkit wrapper. At least the last time I looked into it. UBlock Origin isn't possible. You can get some Apple sanctioned Ad-Blockers, but I think most (or all?) of them use a invisible VPN with DNS based ad blocking.

Mozilla has Firefox Focus for iOS, it does Ad Blocking but it's main selling point is No Tracking, No history and No synced bookmarks either

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Re:uBlock Origin works best on Firefox by xaos____ on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:56PM (#26756057)
Install Firefox focus, go to Safari settings, add Firefox focus as Content Blocker and Firefox ( Not Focus, the real one) will show no ads anymore. Works, because Firefox on iOS is mandated to use the Safari engine
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Re:uBlock Origin works best on Firefox by mcyukon on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:21PM (#26758104)
Nice, never thought to try that. Makes sense though. Thanks!
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Re:uBlock Origin works best on Firefox by xaos____ on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:32AM (#26759682)
You are welcome!
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