This is a question that for some is easy to answer and for others may not be as easy to answer. So all input could help other people find and make a more knowledgeable choice and one that helps them towards their privacy goals.
I tested this out on my partners phone
UBlock on iphone works well and is free but is limited to safari, does not appear to even work with safari used as an in-app browser (eg using a mobile lemmy app and clicking a link that opens but stays in the app, not switching to a safari and opening a new tab). In some cases it is more effective at blocking ads
AdGuard is more intrusive. Instead of just an extension for safari it also installs a vpn profile. The advantage is that this allows it to act as a dns filter for the phone. This means it works in all apps to some degree, though several work around it. Costs $5/yr
Depends on your use case I suppose
UBlock on iphone works well and is free but is limited to safari, does not appear to even work with safari used as an in-app browser
This is the most annoying part about “content blockers” on iOS. Works fine in this one narrow context. Otherwise you need DNS filtering. I use PiHole, and I have it set up to VPN back home when I’m away to keep myself covered.
For now ublock lite doesn’t have the feature parity with Adguard.
Wipr 2’s developer is planning to use Apple’s introduction of URL filtering with their OS 26 releases, which will extend Wipr’s blocking to all apps on our device. It acts at the network level, but it can access none of our data. https://kaylees.site/wipr-filtr.html
Pretty sure other content blocker developers will jump on it too.
Nice! Wipr is so good.
Is anyone able to *configure* it? I was able to get it enabled in safari but otherwise I can’t seem to find any options or the ability to select blocklists or anything.
Can you get ublock on iphone firefox? Maybe the ddg browser is better
Extensions only work with Safari on iOS/iPadOS. To use a content blocker with Firefox, it’s better to use Firefox Focus. DDG browser is fine too. I do still say use Safari with a content blocker like Wipr/Adgurad/Ublock lite etc.
aren’t both bad? I don’t know adguard but already ublock origin didn’t have enough options to unbreak websites, it was either on or off, so lite… now I just use uMatrix and adjust the settings for each site.
