i recently saw iPad that a friend bought and the app store, safari, apps are ad ridden shitfest like in pre-ublock days.
i mean, internet surfing without ublock already feels like having unprotected sex and with everything else you can use adblocker but in apple, you are stuck.... yeah unless you use private DNS from some provider, they might help but not otherwise
This sounds ridiculous.
The App Store complaint I can understand, you have the "Today" tab which is effectively advertisement. And the search is terrible, starting with one (clearly labeled) ad at the top and then "Collections" every few results.
But the rest…
> i mean, internet surfing without ublock already feels like having unprotected sex and with everything else you can use adblocker but in apple, you are stuck.... yeah unless you use private DNS from some provider, they might help but not otherwise
I'm happy to inform you that one can in fact install ad blockers in Safari just fine [1] as well as set up system wide filters with locally running DNS.
Basically, if I dare make the comparison, like on Android (although you have more choice there).
One such example is Firefox Focus [2] which works quite well in my experience (note that it can integrate into Safari as a "Content Blocker"), but there are also payed options like AdGuard [3] (the "Pro" version is a one time purchase).
So I don't think it's Apple's fault that your friend didn't do that. Unless one is of the opinion that they should be shipping one by default.
And regarding apps, there tends to always be the option of not using an app or getting/buying one without ads. Again I don't think Apple is to blame for user choice as long as the ads aren't problematic themselves. For example none of the apps I use have ads in them, but I also payed for quite a few.
[1]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre...
[2]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/focus-firefox/Foc...
First, someone would need to initiate a project to create a free software clone of iOS, like ReactOS re Windows or even GNU re UNIX. That's a worthwhile project in and of itself.
Windows is proprietary too yet you've always been able to download a .EXE from arbitary web sites.
Who argued otherwise? On the topic of F-Droid in particular not being available for iOS, there _is_ a reason behind it.
That's not a reason at all.