Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an...
by rebeccaskinner on Monday October 03, 2022 @07:15PM
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iOS ad-blocking is no where near as good as you can get with (real, not iOS) Firefox. I’ve tried just about every option and they all fail to block a lot of ads, and they more frequently cause issues on pages as well.
Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an...
by kyleee on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:15PM
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Brave works well
People will come out of the woodwork with grievances (ex. crypto integrations, politics, etc) but all of that can be turned off and/or ignored and the browsing experience is quite pleasant
If you are ok with using Safari instead of Firefox, that’s something that has been possible since 2015 on iOS [1].
> instead of ridiculously shitty faceid which doesn't work with masks
It does since iOS 15.4 (March 2022 [2]); I use it every day.
> It often doesn't work even without masks, ie non-ideal light conditions like right now (evening and dimmer lights)
Light has nothing to do with this because FaceID works with infrared: I’m able to unlock my iPhone in the dark with no issue at all. You’re probably holding it wrong [3].
> But quality is just not there, the devices are worse, bigger in size with smaller screen, […] heavier
I fail to find an iPhone 13 that’s bigger than your Samsung S22 Ultra. The Pro Max is 0.2mm wider but 2.1mm less tall and 1.2mm thiner (163.3 x 77.9 x 8.9 mm [4] vs. 160.8 x 78.1 x 7.7 mm [5]). It does have a smaller screen-to-size ratio (87.4% vs. 90.2%) and is slightly heavier (240g vs. 228g -- not sure how noticeable this is).
> the devices are worse, […], uglier, […], software is meh
That part is highly subjective. I personally find the S22 Ultra very ugly but that’s an opinion, not a fact.
[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34173732
[2]: https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/face-id-with-mas...
[3]: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/13/how-iphone-x-face-id-wo...
[4]: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s22_ultra_5g-11251.p...
[5]: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_13_pro_max-11089.php