We added a new module to AdGuard called 'Advanced Protection', and it's called like that for a reason. The obvious example is blocking YouTube ads in Safari: it's a hard and non-trivial task, up to the point that we had had to add a special shortcut that needed to be prompted manually every time you opened YouTube.įorget about that like it's never happened. The thing is, due to their 'declarative' nature regular content blocking rules are quite narrow in terms of what you can achieve with them. Web Extensions open the door to a completely new world filled with new opportunities. Ok, but how will this change impact AdGuard ad blocker? After all, AdGuard uses Content Blocking API to block ads in Safari that - or rather, has been using it up until now. Yes, the extensions in Safari are somewhat limited in their capabilities compared to their desktop counterparts, but it should not take away from Apple and the team that worked on this innovation. Safari has become the first iOS browser to support browser extensions that we all know and love. This is truly a revolutionary change, no need to tone it down.

Regardless, the small price to pay for AdGuard on iOS is well worth it.In iOS 15 Apple has added the support for so-called Safari Web Extensions. BUT the 'Standings' page doesn't load with AdGuard enabled and I can't just disable it only for that page.

I have AdGuard enabled and the experience is so much better. For example mlb.com is loaded with ads, their highlight videos show a 15 sec ad for literally every highlight. Brave and FF Focus you can do it right from within the browser, same as it was with FF/ubo on Android.Īlso, AdGuard on iOS doesn't acknowledge specific pages only within a domain.

You have to open the app itself, dig into the whitelist area and then manually type in/paste the domain name to add it. The only annoyance with Adguard Pro on iOS (and probably the same for all app based content blockers on iOS) is it is clunky to whitelist a site as they aren't integrated with the browser. I used to use free Firefox Focus as the content blocker before, but it would go long time between updates. It has worked REAL well and allows me to just use native Safari. I paid for full version of AdGuard Pro late last year after my 6 month Android/Oneplus phase ended and I went back to iOS.

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