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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)
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[–] neo@feddit.de 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you install Firefox?

In Firefox you should be able to install the add-on "uBlock origin". No additional tweaking of settings required.

With Firefox you can browse the web including pages like YouTube.

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can't use add-ons for iOS Firefox as far as I can find

[–] exu@feditown.com 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can soon in the EU

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Only if you agree to giving your first-born child to Apple.

[–] smort@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

You can use “extensions” for Safari, and there are at least a couple ad blocking extensions. I use Purify, and it works pretty well at blocking ads