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What are your favorite Safari extensions on iOS? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] danielton@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Wipr (Ad blocker). Set it and forget it! It's not a resource hog either.

[–] Supercharger@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What makes you choose Wipr over AdGuard and Ghostery?

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

adblockers for Safari work in two ways:

Setting a content blocker list of rules (fast, simple). Very likely they all share similar lists.
Dynamic JavaScript injection, this can block more complex ads.

AdGuard does both, which is why it’s good.

I’ve never used Wipr, but zero customization sounds awful.

[–] Supercharger@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

AdGuard does both, which is why it’s good.

Do you need a paid license to get both features, or is the free version enough?

[–] Lumilias@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use it for free, no issues. Paid gets you DNS blocking.

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most are free. YouTube adblocking is paid, not sure which others.

[–] Lumilias@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, looks like premium handles more complex adblocking too. But in general I haven’t had any issues with the free version of AdGuard that would lead me to needing an IAP.

[–] Supercharger@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I'm going to try the free version :)

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wipr does both too, and the lack of configurability isn't as bad as you think it is. But if that's a dealbreaker for you, then stay away from it.

[–] danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Wipr is a simple "set it and forget it" extension. While it's not as flexible as AdGuard, it's also a lot less complicated to use because it manages the filters automatically. But it does not have a way to modify the filters.

I've never tried Ghostery, but I should check it out.

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Just tried Ghostery, and it misses a lot of ads.