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twdawson

twdawson

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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good ad blocker for safari as I was using adblock plus but it was making safari use far to much resources and having a major impact on battery life.
In activity monitor it said safari was using 92% of the cpu and the fans were going crazy. I removed the extension and it's back to normal but I like safari so need an ad blocker.

Thanks all.
 
Weaselboy

Weaselboy

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twdawson said:
Just wish I could stop adds in YouTube
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Everybody is having a tough time with that no matter what blocker you use. It seems YT has starting streaming the ads from their own servers, so there is no way to block the ads without also blocking the video you want to see.
 
ecatomb

ecatomb

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For YouTube, another browser based on chromium (chrome, edge, brave, vivaldi, ...) with "uBlock Origin" extension.
For Safari, 1Blocker or Wipr aren't as good without Youtube. But you could buy Youtube premium ?
 
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tosbsas

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ecatomb said:
For YouTube, another browser based on chromium (chrome, edge, brave, vivaldi, ...) with "uBlock Origin" extension.
For Safari, 1Blocker or Wipr aren't as good without Youtube. But you could buy Youtube premium ?
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new 1Blocker is on its way to block yt too - script adding possible - but today still in beta
 
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AppleSmack

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ecatomb said:
For YouTube, another browser based on chromium (chrome, edge, brave, vivaldi, ...) with "uBlock Origin" extension.
For Safari, 1Blocker or Wipr aren't as good without Youtube. But you could buy Youtube premium
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Buying YouTube Premium is not such a crazy evil idea. It gets you ad free YouTube AND YouTube Music – across desktop, mobile, chromecast. I know it's not Spotify, but it works well enough for me when I need it.
 
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UgoDream

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Aug 16, 2009
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twdawson said:
Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good ad blocker for safari as I was using adblock plus but it was making safari use far to much resources and having a major impact on battery life.
In activity monitor it said safari was using 92% of the cpu and the fans were going crazy. I removed the extension and it's back to normal but I like safari so need an ad blocker.

Thanks all.
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Adguard is the best adblocker. it blocks everything in every application(not just safari). It also blocks Youtube ads, no need to pay for youtube premium every month.
 
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tarsins

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Another long time Wipr user on MacOS and iOS. I'm not really bothered about YT ads and I find all the others a bit heavy and clunky, especially Adguard which seems to be a favourite.
 
DaveskiSeventeen

DaveskiSeventeen

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I found I was getting ads on YT in Safari a while back. ABP did the job for years and then stopped. I ended up with AdBlock Pro (paid version). It works on YT and has other features. Now, if only I could find a really good cookie pop-up blocker!
 
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apple_keeyboarrd

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A alternative for youtube is the safari addon Dynamo from the Mac Appstore.
It does not skip the ad automatically, you have to press "E" on your keyboard.
Its works pretty well for me for youtube ads, but its not free.
 
killr_b

killr_b

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Weaselboy said:
Everybody is having a tough time with that no matter what blocker you use. It seems YT has starting streaming the ads from their own servers, so there is no way to block the ads without also blocking the video you want to see.
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That's because those companies colluded to not block those ads.

On Edge I can still use uBlock Origin. It blocks everything.
 
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UgoDream

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tosbsas said:
Thats Not true. And uses a lot of memory power
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What's not true?

May not be the best in the eyes of everyone but it blocks Youtube ads and works also at the system level. So you can use any browser you want and it will block everything. uBlock Origin is the other one that is as good but it doesn't work in safari.
 
halledise

halledise

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apps.apple.com

‎Ka-Block!

‎Ka-Block! is a content blocker for Safari that prevents ads and tracking scripts from slowing down web pages you visit. Many sites use third-party scripts to track your behavior across the web, causing pages to load slowly and draining your Mac’s battery. Blocking these scripts dramatically...
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tosbsas

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UgoDream said:
What's not true?

May not be the best in the eyes of everyone but it blocks Youtube ads and works also at the system level. So you can use any browser you want and it will block everything. uBlock Origin is the other one that is as good but it doesn't work in safari.
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AdGuard doesn’t stop YouTube ads. They say the cannot do that.
 
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tosbsas

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halledise said:
apps.apple.com

‎Ka-Block!

‎Ka-Block! is a content blocker for Safari that prevents ads and tracking scripts from slowing down web pages you visit. Many sites use third-party scripts to track your behavior across the web, causing pages to load slowly and draining your Mac’s battery. Blocking these scripts dramatically...
apps.apple.com
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Not compatible with ios15
 
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