Would really like to jump ship from Brave back to Firefox, but the lack of ad blocking on iOS is somewhat of a blocker.
I’ve tried strict tracking protection and Firefox focus, but it doesn’t quite get the job done without filter lists.
Do we know of any solutions or projected feature releases that could improve the situation?
Apple is going to allow alternative browser engines, like Gecko which desktop and android Firefoxes are using. Firefox on iOS is nothing more than lesser version of Safari/webkit with Firefox interface and lacks proper blocking and other features. It is expected that Apple allows alternative browser engines when iOS 17 launches.
At that point I hope we can get proper Firefox addons for it! Like uBlock Origin.
I’ve only seen that as speculation. They didn’t announce anything at WWDC.
Both Chrome and Firefox have started development on their own engines.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/07/mozilla-developing-non-webkit-version-of-firefox/
There was a similar report on Chrome and Blink. Nothing official, but I feel positive ;)
Even if they allow alternative engines, I doubt they’d allow extensions. The main blocker seems to be the App Store policy disallowing apps from downloading additional blobs.
Hmmm didn’t think about that, but this would be either unfair competition, as Apple has addons for Safari, or when Browsers can be downloaded from their websites directly an inevitable consequence of EU (and later other states) forcing the app store to be competitive.
There are VPNs that advertise they do adblock. I haven’t seen them work all that well, but you can give a few a try.
It is supposed to do the entire phone’s outgoing connections, but I still saw quite a few ads. This was with Nord VPN and a dedicated app named Adblock.
Proton VPN seems to work well for me, using Firefox on iOS
Nord VPN worked for what I wanted it for. But the adblock portion of it was questionable on iPhone.
I find NextDNS seems to work pretty well.
At the Moment all Browsers on iOS have to use Safari-Webkit-Engine, so Blocker for Safari are working also in Firefox:
• Speedafari
• BlockBear
• Adblock Plus
• Hush
• Hyperweb
for Example.I’ve used AdGuard to pretty good effect on iOS devices.
I know they are safari extensions that allow for ad blocking, like adguard. But its annoying to have to finds ways to adblock on ios.
Adguard pro does this. Dns level blocking and also safari extension.
Do you mean to say AdGuard pro (non-VPN) works on Firefox too?
No, i mean the only effective way to block ads on ios is with adguard pro dns protection, covers the whole OS not just the browser. Disables ads in apps, games, etc. Will affect games who give you the option to watch an ad to get free stuff since they won’t be able to connect to the ad server. As far as i know only safari has extension and adblock support from the browser side.
Not really a firefox answer, but you can try Adguard or Aha DNS Blitz. i also recently discovered Orion browser, which allows you to install FF extensions like uBO.
Hi,
Would like to know, because without that I can’t change.
