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1. madars+on[view] [source] 2023-02-23 22:37:44
>>taubek+(OP)
Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.
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2. scarfa+Uz[view] [source] 2023-02-23 23:42:04
>>madars+on
So tell me what ads I’m not blocking and haven’t been blocking for the last 7 years on iOS?

And bonus points - my ad blocker works with embedded web views

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3. pimlot+AA[view] [source] 2023-02-23 23:44:55
>>scarfa+Uz
PiHole?
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4. stjohn+yB[view] [source] 2023-02-23 23:50:23
>>pimlot+AA
You don't need pihole. there are adblockers on iOS. They aren't as flexible as ublock on android but they're 98% there and good enough with the added advantage that google isn't spying on your every move and sending it back to the mothership.
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5. R_VelJ+qk4[view] [source] 2023-02-25 01:42:36
>>stjohn+yB
Instead, Apple is (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/13/ios-16-vpns-leak-data-e...). And so is your cell phone provider (https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/us-cell-carriers-still-sel...). And so is every third party app on your phone (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government...).

Carrying a smartphone is incompatible with privacy. Unfortunately, so is using a credit card (https://www.fastcompany.com/90490923/credit-card-companies-a...) and having a face (https://www.wired.com/story/get-used-to-face-recognition-in-...).

We're all doomed, so you may as well just use the software that makes you happy.

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