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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by aleqs on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:21AM (#48556674)
Firefox on Android supports ublock, not sure why it wouldn't support it on iOS
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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by jmcphers on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:55AM (#48557259)
It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS. Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari. See 2.5.6:

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#per...

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by CharlesW on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:12PM (#48557526)
> It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS.

That's incorrect, and Firefox doesn't blame Apple for this. Many 3rd-party iOS browsers do ad blocking natively and/or via extensions. https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by dwaite on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @02:09PM (#48559468)
This is not the cause though - other third-party browsers on iOS can do ad-blocking, and also can use system-installed extensions.

They could also launch an alternative browser engine for iOS and iPadOS in the EU.

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by filoleg on Saturday June 20, 2026 @05:02PM (#48612958)
> Firefox on iOS is just a skinned version of WebKit/Safari

So are Chrome, Brave, and Edge. And yet, they support ad-blocking extensions (and so does Safari).

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