Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
by qzw on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:47AM
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I use it on iOS daily and there’s no ad blocker. The page you linked only mentions tracking blocking. If you actually have ad blocking enabled, I’m sure a lot of us would love to hear how you did it.
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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
by pseudalopex on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @03:19PM
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Mozilla advertised Firefox Focus to block tracking and ads before. And it blocks some ads.[1] It is not possible to block tracking effectively without blocking some ads at least. They could have stopped to advertise ad blocking because people who wanted ad blocking wanted better.
Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
by hoistbypetard on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @03:23PM
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It was originally pitched as a "distraction blocker" and it works in two modes. As a browser and as a content blocker, if you enable it in Safari's extension settings. I've still got it set up as a content blocking Safari extension (you find that in Settings -> Apps -> Safari -> Extensions) and it still seems to be blocking ads for me. Maybe not as many as it once did, but I just turned it off to see, and that made an unpleasant difference.
I think I've been using it for 10 years (or so) now. It's my favorite thing Mozilla has done on iOS.