• Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Firefox on iOS doesn’t offer any ad blocking. Vivaldi (and several other) Chromium browsers do. So for a good chunk of the mobile community, Firefox is not the best option.

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      23 hours ago

      Blame Apple for that, as for the longest time they only allowed using the Safari engine on iOS. Apparently that’s still the case outside the EU now, meaning Mozilla would need to maintain two versions on iOS.

      On any other operating system, Firefox is by far the best at blocking ads with uBlock Origin.

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        6 hours ago

        Orion browser on iOS supports Firefox and Chrome extensions. It’s relatively new still, but I’ve been using it without any issue with uBO

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      19 hours ago

      Apple limits mobile browsers a shit ton. When you get Firefox on iOS, you don’t get Firefox, you get what’s basically a safari front end. This is the reason you can install uBlock Origin or other extensions on the android version of Firefox, but be unable on the iOS version.

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        17 hours ago

        I know mate, but this isn’t about installing extensions. Both Vivaldi and Brave have built-in adblockers in their iOS versions. That is not prevented or restricted by Apple.

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      21 hours ago

      Yep, I wish Firefox stepped up in this matter, since their competition can implement decent adblockers on iOS, while dealing with the exact same limitations Apple has set.

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        21 hours ago

        Ios is never going to allow this. The best option is pihole and vpn

        Ads are necessary curse for humanity. The general mass will never switch to open source or challenging alternatives and it sux

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          17 hours ago

          iOS already allows adblocker features for 3rd party browsers. Both Vivaldi and Brave have working adblockers, but Firefox does not.

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        18 hours ago

        Thank you. Glad one person has the ability to actually comprehend what I said. Vivaldi - and several others - does as blocking on iOS right now.