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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by AegirLeet on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:21AM (#28219750)
Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by stonemetal12 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:20AM (#28220596)
Why should I? I don't bother, that way I know which sites to not visit because they can't put together a usable website. If I go out of my way to force their site to be useable then they see they get traffic while doing such things instead of learning not to, or going out of business.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by justinclift on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:57AM (#28221921)
> Why should I?

To reduce the risk of malware delivered via your browser?

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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by AegirLeet on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#28222530)
uBO shows you what it has blocked on each site. So you can see which sites would subject you to ads without actually having to expose yourself to the psychological terror of seeing those ads.

It also blocks things that you don't see (tracking), improves performance and prevents malware infections.

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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by eganist on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:29AM (#28219809)
Edit: Replies are far more informed than I am. I'm using Firefox on Android for the reasons outlined in my original comment, preserved below

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> Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture.

As best as I know: doing this on mobile (assuming that's their platform) requires both:

* a non-iOS device (Android basically)

* a non-Chromium browser on said device (Firefox basically)

That pairing is the only reason I can adblock on mobile. Not sure if things changed on Chrome or related browsers on Android, but as best as I remember, iOS and Android+Chrome aren't adblock-friendly.

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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by creata on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:35AM (#28219842)
On iOS, there's AdGuard if you want to use Safari, and Firefox Focus if you don't.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:11AM (#28220080)
Firefox focus blocks ads in Safari too. Any content blocker will work in Safari, as far as I know.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by falcolas on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:42AM (#28220265)
FWIW, I use firefox focus in Firefox in iOS, and it didn’t stop one of the things the parent mentioned.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by jnsaff2 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:51AM (#28219942)
NextDNS works really nicely on OS/Apps. Also blocks ad/tracking content in iOS. It's actually quite easy to roll this yourself, which I intend to: wireguard+pihole.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by grlass on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:36AM (#28219849)
would need to subject oneself to the pushy notifications, whims of Brendan Eich, and the dubious approach of the BAT cryptocurrency [1], but the Chromium based Brave browser on Android has a built in ad-blocker.

I think Opera might have one too.

[1] <https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br...>

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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by mynameismon on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:39AM (#28219864)
If I am not wrong, don't Brave and Vivaldi (Chromium browsers) have inbuilt ad blocking?
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by pps on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:46AM (#28219911)
You are not wrong, I'm using Vivaldi on Android and it has built-in ad blocker. On this page though are two big dialogs: for cookies on top and "2 free stories remaining" on bottom, so even with ad blocker only 1/3 of the screen is visible until you manually remove these annoyances.
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Re:Apple is suing smartphone emulation software startup Core... by itsme-alan on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:37AM (#28219860)
> a non-Chromium browser on said device (Firefox basically)

Mmmm. I can use Adblock in Edge Beta on Android.

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