I wish gorhill would make a Safari content-blocker version of ublock. None of the existing blockers (who mostly just package existing block lists and charge money for it..) work as well as uBlock IME.
Unfortunately, all Safari releases going forward (12 onwards) are removing APIs that allow uBlock Origin to do what it does.
Apple are basically neutering _all_ blockers, unfortunately. I don't know if they're planning on filling the void though.
> Unfortunately, all Safari releases going forward (12 onwards) are removing APIs that allow uBlock Origin to do what it does.
This is extremely disappointing. There are "Apple-approved" blockers on the App Store but none is as efficient as uBlock Origin, they also lack transparency.
App Store blockers can be and in some cases are as efficient as uBlock Origin. Many are likely more efficient as the blocking is implemented directly by Safari using optimised content blocking rules that are executed by native code (as opposed to Javascript execution as per UBlock Origin).
When compiling the content blocking rules, Safari also ensures the rules fit within reasonable execution limits to ensure there is absolutely no speed decrease due to blocking. If the rules are excessive, they are rejected by Safari.
In terms of effectiveness, yes there is variability between different blockers. We are the creators of one blocker for iOS and Mac and have found that it is extremely effective and in tests we've done provides a 2x speed-up on web page loading and rendering speed (for the top news and media sites we tested)
HN is full of advertising posts now...
Buddy, your product is not fully featured. In ublock, you can click and block individual elements or domains, in your product,the feature to whitelist any site is even a beta feature... And your app costs money, because the free version doesnt offer all blocking lists.
It also seems like i can not use my own lists, or language specific lists. Btw, where can we download your content lists to make sure you do not just resell free, community driven lists?
So thanks for promoting Safaris terrible adblocker framework with a paid product that is lightyears inferior to the free Ublock we are discussing here.