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If you're getting terrible battery life on your iPhone, it's not because of iOS.

LFC2020 said:
Request, any chance they could cut down on these moving/video adverts? can't be good for battery life.
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I happened to notice this thread because I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max, so I pointed it out to the rest of the staff. But it doesn't seem to be a specific Pro Max issue, so I'm going to move it to the Site Feedback Forum where it will get more attention. A redirect will remain in the original forum.
 
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sublunar said:
Problem is, IF it is the ads then all this site can do is blacklist the offending ads out as they are discovered - and from experience it's an onerous task discovering and reporting them to the advertising agent. The last thing an advertiser wants to do is take the blame for draining battery, let's not forget that there may be other factors at play - it's too easy to demonise the advertising network.

That said, I have noticed some quirks with ads of differing sizes popping up in ad spaces they may not belong in - this makes content appear to bounce around so it does feel that ads are being misplaced even if the ads may be absolutely fine.

On the other hand, an option clearly presents itself with paying to remove the ads if people wish to improve their experience and contribute to the running of a site that isn't free to host.


Well, if the ads becoming annoying enough a percentage of people will go after an ad blocker - or pay to remove them.

Perhaps one of the increasing number of people who appear to have paid to remove the ads could pipe up with a few words on what the experience is like without the ads?
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I use several ad blockers and no problem on my iPad M1 12.9. Been on this site for over an hour and on the iPad most of the day and I’m at 90%.
 
Theyayarealivin said:
We need to get a MacRumors Moderator to look at this thread.
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Get the Mozilla Firefox focus app, no more terrible battery life 😎😃

been on here most of the day, it was the ads causing all the overheating and battery issues.

Get the app, it’s AWESOME.

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The Game 161 said:
So do most use safari instead of Tapatalk?
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Tapatalk user here, and the app has been intermittently buggy as well. Random freezes when browsing Macrumours, delayed notifications and I can’t really say if battery life is any better or worse over the browser.
 
LFC2020 said:
Anytime, enjoy its awesome. Make sure you enable it in safari settings, content blockers, then check back in the Mozilla app settings that safari is enabled, then all you have to do is enjoy safari ad free 😃
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Is it better than AdGuard?
 
LFC2020 said:
Anytime, enjoy its awesome. Make sure you enable it in safari settings, content blockers, then check back in the Mozilla app settings that safari is enabled, then all you have to do is enjoy safari ad free 😃
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So I enabled it… now I can continue to use safari as my main web browser correct?
 

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Abazigal said:
Tapatalk user here, and the app has been intermittently buggy as well. Random freezes when browsing Macrumours, delayed notifications and I can’t really say if battery life is any better or worse over the browser.
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Taptalk reviews aren’t that great, rather stick with a content blocker and use safari, working a treat, no battery drain or heat issues anymore. 👌👌👌
 
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LFC2020 said:
Taptalk reviews aren’t that great, rather stick with a content blocker and use safari, working a treat, no battery drain or heat issues anymore.
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Thanks.

I am using lockdown to block trackers in Tapatalk, and I still prefer the UI in Tapatalk. Never liked browsing Macrumours in safari. Many forums seem to have typing problems in safari where autocorrect doesn’t detect correctly. For example, starting a new sentence doesn’t auto-capitalise the first letter.

I wish mobile safari would enable notifications though.
 
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Abazigal said:
Thanks.

I am using lockdown to block trackers in Tapatalk, and I still prefer the UI in Tapatalk. Never liked browsing Macrumours in safari. Many forums seem to have typing problems in safari where autocorrect doesn’t detect correctly. For example, starting a new sentence doesn’t auto-capitalise the first letter.

I wish mobile safari would enable notifications though.
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So it’s not me, safari autocorrect has taken a turn for the worse these days. 🤦‍♂️
 
Mind blown 🤯 I thought Apple was degrading my battery in 14.6 trying to get me to upgrade. But now as I look back I realize my iPP 12.9 4th generation and XS max only had excessive battery drain/heated up while on MR.
 
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Wait, so have some of you been using Safari without content/ad blockers installed? Do you not have any conent/ad blockers on your computers either?????

Wipr works a treat on both iOS & macOS.
 
Steve121178 said:
Wait, so have some of you been using Safari without content/ad blockers installed? Do you not have any conent/ad blockers on your computers either?????

Wipr works a treat on both iOS & macOS.
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What about for mac? anything easy like Mozilla Firefox focus on iOS setup wise?

Can’t be bothered going through a thousand settings on a ad blocker/content blocker on a mac.
 
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