stormcrash@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months agoMozilla launches ad blocking for Firefox on iOSwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down12
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minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoI assume they’re setting their own DNS, because they’re stuck with Safari as the engine on iOS
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoSafari has uBlock Origin Lite. iOS also has Brave, which apparently [created the adblock engine](It’s FOSS itsfoss.com › news › firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave’s Adblock Engine) Mozilla borrowed (and weakened) iOS also has an independently developed browser with true uBlock Origin support. It doesn’t have official App Store support, but Mozilla could lobby for it.
minus-squareAmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago iOS also has Brave, which apparently created the adblock engine Mozilla borrowed (and weakened) Afaik that’s a currently non-used library in Firefox desktop. For iOS, The Verge claims it’s just Apple’s WebKit Content Blocker + EasyList. https://www.theverge.com/news/987247/mozilla-firefox-ad-blocker-ios-launch
I assume they’re setting their own DNS, because they’re stuck with Safari as the engine on iOS
Safari has uBlock Origin Lite.
iOS also has Brave, which apparently [created the adblock engine](It’s FOSS itsfoss.com › news › firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave’s Adblock Engine) Mozilla borrowed (and weakened)
iOS also has an independently developed browser with true uBlock Origin support. It doesn’t have official App Store support, but Mozilla could lobby for it.
Afaik that’s a currently non-used library in Firefox desktop. For iOS, The Verge claims it’s just Apple’s WebKit Content Blocker + EasyList.
https://www.theverge.com/news/987247/mozilla-firefox-ad-blocker-ios-launch