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The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by FatCat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thing is, on iOS, at least in the past, Firefox had no uBlock origin support, which pushed Brave's adblocking capability to the #1 spot.

[–] turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

makes sense

[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not just in the past, you still can't install addons in (any browser) on iOS. brave is basically the only option because it adblocks without addons.

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

I thought Safari supports some extensions now, including AdBlock Plus.