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I've been using this setup for a few years and it works close to 100% of the time.", "context": "", "use_case": "iOS ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "GenCAD"}, {"id": 753566050, "item_id": 47097878, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47097878", "by": "Marsymars", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "actually switched back after a few weeks", "excerpt": "They only share a brand and a subset of filter lists - the implementation and functionality of uBlock Origin Lite and uBlock Origin are entirely different. When UBOL was released for Safari I switched to it from 1Blocker in hopes of getting a closer experience to the full uBlock Origin, but actually switched back after a few weeks - the filter lists in UBOL were letting through more ads than 1Blocker - and both of th", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "F-Droid: \"Keep Android Open\""}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "dewey", "context": "Safari user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701928", "date": "2026-09-14"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["safari content blocking", "ad blocking", "ad blocking in safari", "ad blocking on desktop and mobile", "ios ad blocking", "ad and content blocking"], "compared": [{"slug": "adguard", "name": "AdGuard", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "safari", "name": "Safari", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701004", "title": "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970894", "title": "Orion Browser by Kagi", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48643848", "title": "Ask HN: New clean macOS install. 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I've been using this setup for a few years and it works close to 100% of the time.", "context": "", "use_case": "iOS ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "GenCAD"}, {"id": 753566050, "item_id": 47097878, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47097878", "by": "Marsymars", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "actually switched back after a few weeks", "excerpt": "They only share a brand and a subset of filter lists - the implementation and functionality of uBlock Origin Lite and uBlock Origin are entirely different. When UBOL was released for Safari I switched to it from 1Blocker in hopes of getting a closer experience to the full uBlock Origin, but actually switched back after a few weeks - the filter lists in UBOL were letting through more ads than 1Blocker - and both of th", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "F-Droid: \"Keep Android Open\""}, {"id": 752292448, "item_id": 47018278, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018278", "by": "egze", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Converted to 1Blocker format", "excerpt": "Converted to 1Blocker format: https://gist.github.com/egze/7f672ebebecde0546ddb928e7f3adb4a", "context": "", "use_case": "ad and content blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}, {"id": 746080723, "item_id": 46630045, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46630045", "by": "manuelmoreale", "date": "2026-01-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "with only two extensions installed 1Blocker and Are.na", "excerpt": "I'll join I saying I also daily Safari for generale usage (with only two extensions installed 1Blocker and Are.na) and I have basically zero issues. I also do dev work in Firefox + Safari. I use Firefox mainly because I prefer their dev tools to do frontend work. Chrome I almost never use. This insistence that Safari is the new IE is honestly baffling. Yes Safari is not perfect and yes Apple is Apple. Still, Safari i", "context": "", "use_case": "Ad blocker", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Safari developer tools provide insight into CSS Grid Lanes"}, {"id": 744146993, "item_id": 46509187, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509187", "by": "peterspath", "date": "2026-01-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "and 1Blocker (to block ads and trackers).", "excerpt": "I do not know what your setup is. But here on my machine I did not encounter this behaviour. Safari 26 on macOS 26, Lockdown Enabled (limits javascript to make your system more secure)[1], and 1Blocker (to block ads and trackers). 1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "'Doomsday fish': Once-in-a-lifetime sea creature encountered in Monterey Bay"}, {"id": 743480832, "item_id": 46467552, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467552", "by": "walterbell", "date": "2026-01-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "> bulldoze all of an app's endpoints https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9720640-how-to-enable-in-app-blocking Are those added manually for each app, after identification by Charles Proxy?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app"}, {"id": 743317728, "item_id": 46457358, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457358", "by": "LetsGetTechnicl", "date": "2026-01-01", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use that in Safari", "excerpt": "How does it compare to 1Blocker? I use that in Safari and also a VPN when I'm away back to my home connection so it uses my NextDNS which also blocks a lot of in-app ads.", "context": "", "use_case": "Safari content blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan"}, {"id": 735285680, "item_id": 45955355, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955355", "by": "dewey", "date": "2025-11-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using https://1blocker.com for many years now without issues.", "excerpt": "I've been using https://1blocker.com for many years now without issues. It isn't in their comparison list, but looks pretty similar design wise.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari"}]}