uBlock Origin Alternatives in Safari 13?

[russell_314]

FYI FOR ALL: Add blockers are DEAD in Safari. Please read :https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple...ri-but-unlike-chrome-users-didnt-say-a-thing/

It's sad but ads generate billions in revenue and ad blockers would kill this revenue. It's no shock that companies like Google and Apple have decided to prevent this. Perhaps the middle ground is to make ads less intrusive and more relevant but IDK. As an end user I can't stand how annoying some ads are so if this means using an open source browser an ad blocker to get around the restrictions then why not.

 

[Ritsuka]

Content Blockers are good enough. They can block youtube ads too in Safari 13. Please inform yourself before going on with the next rant.

 

[NoMoreSony]

Does any one knows how to downgrade from Safari 13 to Safari 12? I still have a Time Machine backup with previous version of Safari and all my extensions working. Personally don't care about any "security flaws" in old versions. I've never had any security issues with old versions of Apple software but only troubles with limitations and bugs after "security updates".

 

[adrianlondon]

I would prefer to use Safari since it uses Keychain Access thus all my passwords are synced in one program but it is what it is.

I made the same move as you, and had the same concern as you. I installed Bitwarden (also open source) and it's working very well. Advantage over keychain is that you can have it fill in fields that keychain refuses to (such as my router login), and you have full URL control so you can have different id/password for different parts of the same main website if you wish.

Disadvantage is that it's not built-in so you need to install it on all your devices, however iOS13 handles it really well, same as iOS 12, and my Bitwarden passwords pop up as options when surfing or opening some apps.

The main thing I miss though, and it's pretty much the only thing, is pinch-to-zoom which doesn't work as well in Firefox compared to Safari (with the Multi Touch Zoom add-on as the built-in zoom in FF nightly still has issues).

 

[russell_314]

Content Blockers are good enough. They can block youtube ads too in Safari 13. Please inform yourself before going on with the next rant.

I'm not sure who's ranting. Some people aren't happy that Apple decided to block the most effective and popular ad blocker. The discussion is what's the best workaround under the current situation. That's what fourms are for... Someone will have a problem and others will have suggestions for solutions.

 

[Ritsuka]

Well you just wrote
"It's sad but ads generate billions in revenue and ad blockers would kill this revenue. It's no shock that companies like Google and Apple have decided to prevent this."

But neither Google nor Apple prevents ad blockers. Maybe it can't work as as well as before, but it's good enough. I have yet to find ads that escapes the blocker even in Safari 13.

 

[NoMoreSony]

Well you just wrote
"It's sad but ads generate billions in revenue and ad blockers would kill this revenue. It's no shock that companies like Google and Apple have decided to prevent this."

But neither Google nor Apple prevents ad blockers. Maybe it can't work as as well as before, but it's good enough. I have yet to find ads that escapes the blocker even in Safari 13.

It is not good enough. Most of so called "ad blockers" for Safari 13 do not block almost anything. Just try the main page on www.speedtest.net - with Safari 12 and uBlock Origin (no ads visible) and the same page with any "ad blocker" for Safari 13 (full of ads). It works (or doesn't) the same way on many other web sites. This is the reason why I am downgraded to Safari 12 (God bless Time Machine!).

 

[Populus]

Like this? Safari 13.0.1 on the latest Catalina beta. Zero ads.
I think you all are choosing bad, or poor efficient Content Blockers from the Mac App Store. For me, it works flawlessly

 

[Ritsuka]

Yup, no ads. Even with the most simple adblocker (Wipr).

 

[russell_314]

Well you just wrote
"It's sad but ads generate billions in revenue and ad blockers would kill this revenue. It's no shock that companies like Google and Apple have decided to prevent this."

But neither Google nor Apple prevents ad blockers. Maybe it can't work as as well as before, but it's good enough. I have yet to find ads that escapes the blocker even in Safari 13.

I’m not sure what part of that you found ranting. What I said was fact and reported as news. If Apple doesn’t prevent ad blockers from running that little pop-up window in Safari and this whole thread about Apple preventing certain ad blockers must be my imagination, there is no such news article, and I’m dreaming right now. You're post is confusing. You said maybe it can’t work as well as before but it's good enough. Then you said it's blocked every ad for you. How is it blocking every ad but not good as before? If there are legitimate ad blockers out there that safe to use and blocks most annoying ads, I’d be fine with it. Are you talking about wipr when you said no ad gets through? The whole point of this thread is to discuss alternatives to uBlock Origin. If you have suggestions on specific alternatives please list them and some basic experience on how they work.

 

[tosbsas]

It is not good enough. Most of so called "ad blockers" for Safari 13 do not block almost anything. Just try the main page on www.speedtest.net - with Safari 12 and uBlock Origin (no ads visible) and the same page with any "ad blocker" for Safari 13 (full of ads). It works (or doesn't) the same way on many other web sites. This is the reason why I am downgraded to Safari 12 (God bless Time Machine!).

Yo seem to use Adblockers wrong. No ads in the Page you mentioned with AdGuard extension on Safari 13. And to say that ublock Origin is the most used Adblocker is a huge exageration. Its definitivly not and on my machines AdGuard extensions beat it all the time

 

[CPx]

I really don't know what people are complaining about. I've been using 1blocker for months (one of the "new style" blockers) including now on Safari 13 and it works beautifully.

 

[GalileoSeven]

I use 1blocker (the legacy version) for iOS and it does the job well. The 3 star rating those for macOS gives me pause. I guess I'll give Wipr a go and see how that works in the meantime

 

[StellarVixen]

After the deprecation of uBlock Origin, I cannot see any better alternative than this.

Adblock Plus

Surf the web without annoying ads! Adblock Plus has 66 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

github.com

Still, open source is open source. Anyone can check if something fishy is happening behind the scenes..

 

[assoc]

Which of the content blockers on the app store do the best against adblocker-blockers? Ever since I switched to using wipr I've been getting hit by a bunch of anti-adblockers.

 

[Frankied22]

Which of the content blockers on the app store do the best against adblocker-blockers? Ever since I switched to using wipr I've been getting hit by a bunch of anti-adblockers.

I have found Wipr has the best blocking, but it is still a far cry from uBlock Origin. Like you mentioned, it doesn't do a good job blocking anti-blocking ads and on certain...other sites...it doesn't block very well.

 

[tosbsas]

Adguard- has several to choose from

 

[GalileoSeven]

I recently installed Ghostery along side Wipr. That could be a viable alternative for some?

 

[Blowback]

I'm confused; is no-one on this thread concerned about this:

Note: applies to ALL blockers, not just AdBlock. Please give me your feedback if there is something I'm not understanding.

 

[Weaselboy]

I'm confused; is no-one on this thread concerned about this:

Any adblocker or even the new content blockers that has an element picker will need access to the web page to work, and having access to the web page gives the app access to anything on that page. There is just no way around it. You have to decide for yourself if you are comfortable with this and trust the devs.

I use Wipr content blocker and it does not have an element picker, so the app cannot see my data. The tradeoff is if I see an ad not being blocked, I have no way to select that ad and add it to the blocklist.

 

[Blowback]

Thanks Weaselboy. But, checked out on App Store and looks like will be blocked on Catalina??? Will wait to see what Apple introduces in Catalina and decide what to do. Wish Apple would give some guidance (not a namby) but wonder what they might have working in the background of Catalina. Also, knew/took for granted the necessity for the blockers need for site info etc. What bother me was " passwords,,phone numbers, credit cards, etc'. Thanks.....

 

[ParanoidDroid]

None of the "new" content blockers work as reliable as uBlock Origin did. I've tested several so far, and only the app "Better" (https://better.fyi) is somewhat doing ok for the most sites I visit.

Is there a way to recompile uBlock Origin for Safari 13?

 

[Weaselboy]

Is there a way to recompile uBlock Origin for Safari 13?

I don't think that is possible. The whole method used by uBlock cannot be used by Safari any longer.

 

[triptolemus]

Informative write up here, including some alternatives:

Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin (and other blockers) for Safari · Issue #158 · el1t/uBlock-Safari

Very quick tl;dr: uBO will no longer work with Safari, use Firefox or a new "content blocker" app (see below for good replacements). In the past few months, and especially in the past week, there h...

github.com

I just went with 1Blocker. $10... but has an Element Picker, similar to uBO, which is important to me. Liking it so far. I use in-browser ad blocking in combination with Pi-hole on the network.

 

[Blowback]

Informative write up here, including some alternatives:

Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin (and other blockers) for Safari · Issue #158 · el1t/uBlock-Safari

Very quick tl;dr: uBO will no longer work with Safari, use Firefox or a new "content blocker" app (see below for good replacements). In the past few months, and especially in the past week, there h...

github.com

I just went with 1Blocker. $10... but has an Element Picker, similar to uBO, which is important to me. Liking it so far. I use in-browser ad blocking in combination with Pi-hole on the network.

Triptolemus;

I just added Symantecs Norton contents blocker (last updated 2016?) from the App Store to my iPad Pro (Safari 13.1.1) and it seems to be working and has actually stabilized some ofttimes wonky sites (CNN in particular). Question: do you know what the differences are as to permissions for content blockers as opposed to ad blockers? I ask because Safari on iPad does not show what is going on as to Permissions on the Mac (see screen shot of my first post on this thread). Thanks in advance for any info/advice.