I’ve finally picked up an iPhone about a month ago, and have been loving the experience.
However I’m now thrown into an ad-full world again (I used to have a browser blocking many if not most ads on the android), so I’m wondering, what adblockers do you use (may it be safari extension or entirely new browser for my fellow Europeans)?
Pi-hole. Kind of annoying that you have to disable Private Relay for it to work but well worth not ever seeing ads again.
AdGuard Pro. Blocks everything.
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I use a combination of PiHole via a VPN to my home server and Orion browser.
Its greatly improved my experience.
Don’t know if it’s better, but for free, Firefox Focus includes an ad-blocker for Safari.
I love Firefox Focus! The safari integration is great!
Pi-Hole via VPN and Firefox Focus
AdGuard Pro
Same, very happy with it, blocks everything, and also includes VPN.
Youtube ads are a bit tricky, but can also be blocked by opening videos through the AdGuard app.
AdGuard + Vinegar blocks YouTube ada quite well most of the time.
haven’t seen a youtube ad in safari using adguard free. would recommend
Does it work for other browsers like Firefox?
Sadly no.
What’s the difference between the pro and non-pro version?
I think you can’t add custom rules in the free version or something.
Blokada - works without VPN.
Pihole and tailscale.
Wipr because it has no subscription bs and has proper block lists for my country.
This! Wipr on phone and Mac. Pi-Hole in my home network.
And for annoyances there’s also Consent-O-Matic and SponsorBlock installed.
I use Wipr in combination with NextDNS. For ads in Browsers and in Apps.
Great model, just tips, so I tip when I notice an update
1Blocker
AdGuard, and Vinegar for YouTube.
Do Vinegar actually work? I tried it previously and it didn’t do anything for me, tried it again now since it was mentioned and YouTube ads still appear in Safari…
Vinegar worked for me but I had issues with YouTube throttling it and the video constantly restarting
It works for me, it’s a bit janky though because of YouTube’s custom link handler. You have to either open videos in new tabs or reload the page after clicking the video for it to load correctly.
Tbh I don’t actually know if it’s supposed to remove ads, I use it to get the better (Safari built in) video player that can do Picture in Picture and what not.
Could it be localized?
What do you mean?
Could its function be based upon blocklists that are localized as in different for different region
I don’t think YouTube does anything for that to be necessary, but I could be wrong.
1Blocker and Pi-hole.
i use Ghostery, works on Mac Safari also. Free and does the job
I like AdGuard Pro. You can use a lot of third-party blocklists with it - many of the same lists you can use with DNS-based blockers like Pi-Hole. AdGuard works as a safari extension, but you can also use it as DNS blocker to block ads in all apps. This can be done using the native iOS DNS management feature or by using a VPN.
