[HN Gopher] uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS
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uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS
Author : Squarex
Score : 128 points
Date : 2025-06-21 08:10 UTC (14 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (testflight.apple.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (testflight.apple.com)
| isaachawley wrote:
| Can we get a link directly to the project instead of this
| testflight page?
| medlazik wrote:
| The news is "uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS" not
| "uBlock Origin Lite exists"
| altairprime wrote:
| The project page newsworthy isn't newsworthy in any obvious way
| on its own, though of course anyone (including OP) could post a
| link to it as a helpful comment. An iOS beta signup link for it
| is surprising news, though!
| martin_a wrote:
| Project page should be this?!?
|
| https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home
| karimdaghari wrote:
| It's by the man himself (gorhill)
| dom96 wrote:
| Nice, seems to work pretty well
| erdaltoprak wrote:
| Works fine so far! I wish they could add the main settings in the
| app view but that's a minor point
| scosman wrote:
| oh happy day
| jen729w wrote:
| 1Blocker has worked tremendously well for me for what feels like
| a decade now.
|
| https://apps.apple.com/au/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...
| xnx wrote:
| Look like that costs money though?
| internet2000 wrote:
| It's okay, you can afford it.
| browningstreet wrote:
| Yup and it works on my family plan. No brainer. It's a set-it
| and forget-it install. Recommended.
| gruez wrote:
| It's absolutely bonkers that an adblocker needs to cost
| $15/year, when the actual filter lists are maintained by
| volunteers and there's (presumably) very little in the way of
| code changes needed.
| HelloUsername wrote:
| Previous discussion on 13-may-2025:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43976898
| elektor wrote:
| Is this any better than AdGuard?
|
| I've heard it's best to avoid running both but unsure whether
| this version of uBlock is worth it.
| Squarex wrote:
| uBlock is open source. Some people might object AdGuard Russian
| foundation, but they have distanced themselves from the
| conflict and employ people in Ukraine.
| vehemenz wrote:
| Adguard works better right now, at least for my purposes.
|
| I'm not sure why, but uBO Lite randomly stops working at times.
| I've had to fire up the test page
| (https://ublockorigin.github.io/uBOL-home/tests/test-
| filters....) many times after enabling experimental filters,
| but it just doesn't seem to "stick."
| soraminazuki wrote:
| gorhill has proven his integrity time and time again, and
| that's hard to beat. He works on uBO because he believes in it
| and not for profit. It's the one thing that I would value,
| especially in an ad blocker. This isn't to say that there's
| anything wrong with AdGuard though.
| SOLAR_FIELDS wrote:
| Yeah honestly unless the developer can demonstrate that they
| don't allow ads through from who pay them to be allowed,
| pretty much no adblocker is going to be fully trustworthy.
| There will always be an incentive, if the adblocker is
| popular enough, for the dev to take money from an advertiser
| to bypass the block.
|
| If I did have to trust any adblocker though, it would be
| gorhill's.
| gruez wrote:
| It's worse IMO because it doesn't allow for custom rules, which
| AdGuard does.
| scosman wrote:
| Works on MacOS as well. Not just iOS.
| Squarex wrote:
| Yes, but adblocking options on iOS are way more limited so it
| is more notable.
| wao0uuno wrote:
| It's fast but doesn't block all ads for me.
| HexDecOctBin wrote:
| It's a shame Firefox on iOS has failed/refused to support third-
| party content filters [1] since 2019. Just because they can't
| bring Gecko doesn't mean they shouldn't try to gain mindshare for
| the Mozilla Firefox brand on one of the biggest platforms, yet
| they refuse to put in the resources.
|
| 1: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/5198
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