• helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            Vivaldi seems to block adds well to iOS too.

            Really the best I’ve found is 1blocker for Safari, but I got that when the lifetime version was a only few dollars. No clue how limiting the free version is. (Imagine subscribing to an ad-blocker! - but than again, how many people donate to ublock?).

            • XLE@piefed.social
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              4 days ago

              Vivaldi’s ad blocker is really subpar compared to Brave or uBO. I tried using it for a while, and you have to tamper with filter lists (including disabling pre-approved advertisers) and it still fails in areas Brave doesn’t.

      • Rusty@lemmy.ca
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        4 days ago

        There is no chromium on iOS, all the browsers are actually the Safari in a trench coat.

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        5 days ago

        So which browser would you recommend? It looks like Firefox is the only one not based on Chromium

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          5 days ago

          Firefox has some very good forks including Waterfox (pretty normal) and LibreWolf (pretty privacy-hardened out of the box and may require a little Settings menu tweaking to make normal).

          It’s unfortunate, but at the end of the day you kind of have to bite the bullet and accept that you will be using something downstream of something bad, e.g. Google (Chrome forks) or their money (Firefox is funded not by donations but by them).

          • grue@lemmy.world
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            5 days ago

            Chrome forks aren’t just tainted by Google’s money; they’re tainted by Google’s power. Prefer a Firefox-derived browser if you care about web standards.