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Adblock on iOS? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Would really like to jump ship from Brave back to Firefox, but the lack of ad blocking on iOS is somewhat of a blocker.

I’ve tried strict tracking protection and Firefox focus, but it doesn’t quite get the job done without filter lists.

Do we know of any solutions or projected feature releases that could improve the situation?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apple is going to allow alternative browser engines, like Gecko which desktop and android Firefoxes are using. Firefox on iOS is nothing more than lesser version of Safari/webkit with Firefox interface and lacks proper blocking and other features. It is expected that Apple allows alternative browser engines when iOS 17 launches.

At that point I hope we can get proper Firefox addons for it! Like uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve only seen that as speculation. They didn’t announce anything at WWDC.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Both Chrome and Firefox have started development on their own engines.

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/07/mozilla-developing-non-webkit-version-of-firefox/

There was a similar report on Chrome and Blink. Nothing official, but I feel positive ;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if they allow alternative engines, I doubt they’d allow extensions. The main blocker seems to be the App Store policy disallowing apps from downloading additional blobs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmmm didn’t think about that, but this would be either unfair competition, as Apple has addons for Safari, or when Browsers can be downloaded from their websites directly an inevitable consequence of EU (and later other states) forcing the app store to be competitive.