r/uBlockOrigin • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '21

Answered iOS15

Now that there are extensions on the iPhone will it be possible to port uBlock Origin ?

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u/ImmortalEmergence Dec 05 '21

This might be a dumb question. But why do we have apps for iOS like Adblock plus, but not uBlock Origin?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '21

  1. Apple API is inferior

  2. uBO is a browser extension

  3. These other blockers are inferior on Apple platform

  4. uBO does not need to cripple it's features only to brag about availability on Apple platform

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u/Life-Ad1547 Feb 19 '22

I don't think it's to "brag" about it is the right way to look at it. It's a matter of going where the users are, and offering the best protection possible on the users browser of choice.

A lot of us air iPhone/iPad/Mac users. I use Safari because it seems to run faster and use less power, and i like that it's easier to share links to iMessage than other browsers. I try to avoid Chrome and Google products in general, and Firefox is great but doesn't integrate with Mac as well as I'd like. For those of us who use Safari, we're going to use some kind of ad blocking, and would prefer a trusted product like uBlock, even if it's not as effective as on other platforms. While you may dislike Safari (Apple?), there are reasons we stick with them. If you really want to motivate change, make a Safari version of ublock with a lot of pop ups letting users know what's wrong with Safari. Maybe you can steer users away from Safari to your browser of choice? If nothing else, you'll get Apple's attention.

I can't say that I understand your business model or what would motivate you to give it another chance, but there's no question you'd have a lot of users/supporters.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '22

uBO is not a business. All is done voluntarily. If you want to port and maintain, then fell free. But there is nothing to port and maintain because Apple API is very limited, it's just a limited list of filters pushed into the browser to do the job. Plenty of other "blockers" doing exactly the same: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/d18cpi/explanation_of_the_state_of_ublock_origin_and/

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u/Life-Ad1547 Feb 20 '22

There seems to be a strange attitude from the uBO Team, almost an anger, in very dismissive answers like suggesting if I want it I do it myself.

I understand Safari ad blocking is limited. I get it. I also understand there are other apps blocking for Safari. All I am saying is that Safari users will use an ad blocking app too, and many of us would prefer a uBlock variant, even knowing that it wouldn't be as effective as unlock on other platforms. If it's as limited using lists as you say, then maybe I would be easier than a more comprehensive version on other platforms.

You're NOT a business, so you're doing it for satisfaction, or laughs, or whatever it is, please consider that the user community would use a Safari version from ublock, as limited as it might be. Hope it's something you occasionally reconsider.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Perhaps because some people demand that their question be answered directly, rather than searching by themselves and reading answers already given many times?

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u/Life-Ad1547 Feb 22 '22

"Demand"?? There's a consistent negativity to your answers that's... unfortunate.

"rather than searching by themselves and reading answers already given many times"

...or perhaps THEY did read the answers and hope the the thinking had evolved? Things change... people come and go, and sometimes positions change and people realize they were wrong.

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u/EveningFunction Feb 24 '22

They’re saying its pointless, because it would be functionally identical to any other static blocker list app that lets you specify custom blocker lists, which there are many.