Other iPhone browsers & Apps
- walkerpbus
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Other iPhone browsers & Apps
Is it only for Safari? What about Chrome (Google) or Firefox on iPhone?
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Re: Other iPhone browsers & Apps
here is the forum for safari on desktop.
probably you mean
forum/viewforum.php?f=26
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock ... 71868?mt=8
probably you mean
forum/viewforum.php?f=26
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock ... 71868?mt=8
- walkerpbus
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Re: Other iPhone browsers & Apps
No,mapx wrote:here is the forum for safari on desktop.
probably you mean
viewforum.php?f=26
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock ... 71868?mt=8
I meant other iPhone browsers
Win 10 on my Dell Desktop; Hope to buy a laptop; Also usually using the latest version of Firefox & Thunderbird.
Re: Other iPhone browsers & Apps
Unfortunately, the Content Blocker API only works with Safari itself, not other browsers that use the Safari engine (alternative engines are not allowed on iOS).
If you want content-blocking in an alternative browser, it would need to be built in (as in the Adblock Browser, another ABP product), and there's not much you can do for the WebViews you see in many non-browser apps.
The most you can do about ads in most apps is use a PAC file, like Weblock allows you to configure (or use http://www.speedmeup.net/ for a pre-setup one, although that one does break some sites, like KrebsOnSecurity), and set up a fake VPN profile, as an app called Adblock (orange-and-black icon, from DeepMind, the makers of Weblock) does.
I've also read about an alternative DNS service for blocking ads, which might pick up where BA.net and FoolDNS let us down.
If you want content-blocking in an alternative browser, it would need to be built in (as in the Adblock Browser, another ABP product), and there's not much you can do for the WebViews you see in many non-browser apps.
The most you can do about ads in most apps is use a PAC file, like Weblock allows you to configure (or use http://www.speedmeup.net/ for a pre-setup one, although that one does break some sites, like KrebsOnSecurity), and set up a fake VPN profile, as an app called Adblock (orange-and-black icon, from DeepMind, the makers of Weblock) does.
I've also read about an alternative DNS service for blocking ads, which might pick up where BA.net and FoolDNS let us down.
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