• Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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      On Android, Firefox for iOS doesn’t have addons because Apple.

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        The Orion browser has rudimentary support for Firefox extensions. UBlock origin seems to work for me. Best I’ve found for iOS

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        For real the votes here have so much “well it works on my machine so you must be wrong”-energy

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          From what I understand, it’s mostly because they’re forced to use WebKit, and building a compatibility layer to make the existing addons to work within iOS constraints on top of WebKit would need a significant amount of work.

          My guess is that Mozilla is waiting on the engine restrictions to be lifted, but so far that will only happen in the European market with their alt stores.

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      Only on Firefox Android.

      As far as I know, Safari is the only browser with Adblock on iOS.

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        Also third party browsers on iOS are forced to use a janky slow WebKit WebView instead of the accelerated WebKit on Safari.

        In the EU, things are different and third-party rendering engines have been forced upon Apple, so people there may have more options.

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        I use Firefox Focus on iOS. It blocks quite a bit without addons.

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      Yes. You can install extensions on firefox mobile just like you can on the desktop version. IIRC it’s the only mobile browser that does this.

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      Mull is a Firefox fork with even more privacy features. There are others that I’m sure people will chime in with.