How come other apps can have popup blockers but Safari can't?

[nouveau-apple]

pop ups on safari are out of control.

 

[wxman2003]

I have no issues with popups on Safari. Never see them.

 

[MrGuder]

Yes pop ups occur in Safari on the iPhone there at some car forums that I visit and pop up ads do occur. I'm not sure about chrome on the iPhone as I don't use it.

 

[C DM]

There is a pop-up blocker option in Safari's settings.

 

[sunking101]

There is a pop-up blocker option in Safari's settings.

It's on by default and seems to do very little.
Websites have more and more ads now and it definitely spoils browsing. I tried a proxy ad blocker on my old i5 but it slowed down browsing a little, so I haven't bothered with it on my 6+.

 

[C DM]

I can't say I've really seen any pop-ups with Safari. Pop-overs yes, but that's a different thing, and short of some sort of ad-blocking functionality (through a proxy or something lien that) I can't say I've seen many third party browsers offer something to deal with that either.

 

[nouveau-apple]

There is a pop-up blocker option in Safari's settings.

Doesn't seem to work very good at all.

 

[nouveau-apple]

You know what? I think turning it off and turning that setting back on actually made it work

 

[C DM]

Doesn't seem to work very good at all.

What sort of issues were you seeing? I don't think I've really seen pop-ups in Safari.