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Adblock on iOS? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by beertoagunfight@programming.dev to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] beertoagunfight@programming.dev 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.

[–] Plantee@kbin.social 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.