I’m a big fan of Safari and how seamlessly it works with all my Apple devices, but these ads are pushing me to the edge. I can’t even get through an article without being interrupted by some ad or another. It’s super annoying.
I’ve looked up older threads on this, and I’m choosing between two adblockers rn - Stop the Madness and Magic Lasso. They both seem like they could be a solution, but I’m not sure which one to go for. Anything that stands out?
Are there other options I’m missing?
I’d really appreciate any advice or insights you guys can offer.
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Try Brave Browser, it’s built in ad blocker is a beast. I switched every browser over to Brave.
Cool tip! 🙌 Might give Brave a shot too…How’s your experience with Brave compared to other browsers?
I use AdGuard for free, it’s not blocking every ads out there. But there are sites i didn’t realized had ads bcs i didn’t see them in the first place.
This is what I use too and it works great. No more ads. Now the only thing that irks me are the sites who ask me to turn off ad blockers.
I use AdGuard(pro, there was a lifetime deal a long time ago). It’s great.
Very happy I snagged this life time deal as well
For anyone interested, you can basically always get Adguard Premium on StackSocial for super cheap. I got a lifetime family pack of licenses for $20 when I bought it. A lot better than paying for something that’ll only work on iOS and maybe MacOS tbh.
Will do so once I get paid tomorrow or Friday. Thanks! 😊👍🏾
I use their dns based Adblock and it’s working flawlessly no app required just install the profile from their website.
Don’t forget the AdGuard DoH DNS profile.
DNS-over-QUIC is better.
Oh I did not see this as an option on their site. Do they support this now?
I have used AdGuard for years and it works great.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-for-safari/id1440147259?mt=12Same for me, I pay for the pro version and it blocks all ads, including youtube ones, when using it in the browser.
Me too. I don’t think I ever see ads, except on YouTube
1Blocker for paid blocking, Wipr for free.
Wipr is paid tho.
I use Wipr, seen it recommended here before and seems to work pretty well!
Seconded for Wipr
Dumb question but does this work with Firefox? I swapped bc that’s what I use on desktop and I like it but I could use some more adblock
Firefox mobile can use addons. Downlaod ublock orgin
Interesting, I wonder why this over Brave browser?
StopTheMadness is not an ad blocker, though it can auto-skip YouTube video ads.
I use Chrome, mostly because I am used to it from using Android so long. Safari seems to use Google, too, just adds ads.
I use Chrome, mostly because I am used to it from using Android so long.
Google is an advertising company first and foremost. They’re the worst offender by far when it comes to protecting your data.
Chrome is so buggy, slow, and ad-riddled on ios that it’s basically useless.
As stated, Chrome is just what I am used to using. Usually, I am just checking spelling or definitions before posting. OP asked for options and I shared.
Adguard and Wipr are great out of the box ad blockers. I tried Magic Lasso and it was not that good.
I’ve been using Magic Lasso for a while now and have never had any issues. It blocks all ads without slowing down my browser.
Totally agree. It’s easy to set up too.
I use the reader mode. All ads disappear
Legendary
I didn’t know this was a thing until now… it’s so much better. Do all sites support this mode?
No, but at that point you can either turn off reader mode and deal, or get the info from another site. if you need something more robust, suggest you go ahead with an actual ad blocker
AdGuard
Safari doesn’t have ads, websites have ads. Easy fix, like others have said, reader mode. I haven’t tried ad blockers but, there are some websites you can become a member of and ads go away, like blu-ray.com, they have forums, but ads are obnoxious, and so, if you sign up for free, all the ads go away, and you can post on the forums.
orion with ublock origin is very nice, ublock origin is ridiculously powerful and can block things from inside the browser unlike a dns blocker
Wipr
Don’t use an app. Use a pi-hole. Block the entire house with granular control over what gets through and doesn’t!