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Ive been using uBlock Origin too but on Mojave it seems to think it slows down browsing and had auto disabled it when I first updated to beta
I am using uBlock Origin too, it is very fast on Safari comparing with other AD blockers, you may continue to use it on Safari 12 by ignoring the warning, but Apple will eventually stop all legacy browser-based extensions somewhere in 2019, so long term solution, developers need to port Safari extensions to App extensions.
So far all "ported" App Extensions Ad Blocker found in AppStore, all don't seem to allow to subscribe different filters or custom filters, pretty much useless.
The only one allows to to add filters is AdGuard which is not a Safari extension, a system wide blocker theoretically impacts network performance, in fact AdGuard did cause slower download speed, high ping and delay page loading.
So far all "ported" App Extensions Ad Blocker found in AppStore, all don't seem to allow to subscribe different filters or custom filters, pretty much useless.
The only one allows to to add filters is AdGuard which is not a Safari extension, a system wide blocker theoretically impacts network performance, in fact AdGuard did cause slower download speed, high ping and delay page loading.
Just installed wipr both safari on Mac and also paid £1.99 for the iPhone version. Thanks to this thread for getting me off Adblock plus. I chose wipr due to the attitude of the developer and the reviews in the App Store about speeding up old devices. And of course the posts here
Do you mean AdGuard DNS? I didn't try it, the standalone AdGuard app is a kernel extension, it should filter traffic locally.
Thanks for this, I just installed wipr and it works great. I wouldn't have know about the website preferences tool without your post... Kudos...
I also use ublock origin. I replaced adblock and adblock plus which I used for many years. I also used ghostery for many years but I've heard ghostery sells user data to 3rd parties, so I removed it recently also.
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I installed WIPR on my new build today. I had been using Adblock Plus on my old machine and i wasn’t happy with it. WIPR was cheap enough on the App Store to try out and my brief exposure to it is very positive. Setup was very simple and there’s only one gotcha which I may have misunderstood: you have to have the WIPR app UI open in order for it to auto+update its blacklists.
Yep. At least on iOS. Anyway Update is Not working always.
If you look in Activity Monitor, there's a process called "Wipr Refresher" running all the time.
Though, like the background refresh on iOS, I'm a bit skeptical that it keeps working over a long stretch of time.
I'll check that out. So far I'm really, really happy with WIPR. It's the best £1.99 I've ever spent on an app for my Mac. Sites that used to nag me aren't even aware of it and I get beautiful clean web pages without junk ads. I'm probably going to buy it for my iPad too as I've got Adblock Plus on there at the moment.
There is no such thing as “background app refresh” on macOS. Apps need to stay running in the background in some form to regularly check for updates and do additional processing. An application like Wipr cannot fetch and compile filter lists for the Safari content blocker extension otherwise.
This may explain why I read somewhere that you have to open the WIPR UI and perform an update. I noticed that during the update WIPR communicates with Safari to tell it what to block. It's a very quick process that takes 5-10 second at most.
Didn't say there was. Not sure why you're ignoring the first sentence you quoted. It's a separate process (which appears to be a sandboxed "LoginItem").
Just updated to Safari 12 (released today ahead of Mojave) and it has automatically disabled Adguard as it will "Slow down your web browsing". Frankly I never thought it did...
Is it doing this to all other ad-blocking extensions?
Is it doing this to all other ad-blocking extensions?
I use Pi-hole. Network wide ad blocking for all devices connected to my wifi network. It also has a wonderful admin interface where you can see how many ads are being blocked and what devices are generating it. Kinda neat to see what your devices are sending out even when you're not using them.
It did the same for me (for ABP). But I allowed it to run anyhow. Safari 12 is slow now though, definitely slower than 11.
AdGuard Safari extension is like other extensions, will be disabled by Safari 12 by default.
You may try AdGuard Desktop version, it is a standalone kernel extension, not affected by the changes of Safari. It is not free BTW.