Firefox on android can just install extensions. No clue about the iphone. I remember some chromium browsers also having extensions on Android but I’m not 100% sure which ones.
There’s also DNS blocking of ads which can be set in your DNS settings or be part of your VPN connection. This will effectively block all ads too (even embedded ones in apps). On android ofc, yet again no clue about apple.
Oop yeah! Limited success with AdGuard (paid), or self-hosted PiHole. Should be less than less effective as time goes on because apps can serve ads from first party domains, I imagine.
Does work for some apps though; might require manual filter list updating (open AdGuard & tap refresh) given advertiser cat-and-mouse.
(Edit: speaking at least to iOS^)
Edit: Apple protecting their business interests by locking the platform down for sure. Also a few fewer grandma iPhones in botnets, but at great cost to us nerds.
There’s plenty, with a bit of doing. Definitely not as easy as installing ublock through a browser extension store but very doable
On iPhone? And on android without rooting?
Firefox on android can just install extensions. No clue about the iphone. I remember some chromium browsers also having extensions on Android but I’m not 100% sure which ones.
There’s also DNS blocking of ads which can be set in your DNS settings or be part of your VPN connection. This will effectively block all ads too (even embedded ones in apps). On android ofc, yet again no clue about apple.
On iOS it’s the same, extensions for browser or DNS for apps
uBlock Origin Lite on Apple App Store (pretty new): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698
uBlock Origin for Firefox on Android: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/ublock-origin/
I know about this and already have it on Firefox. I specifically mentioned phone apps. That means apps or games with ads.
Oop yeah! Limited success with AdGuard (paid), or self-hosted PiHole. Should be less than less effective as time goes on because apps can serve ads from first party domains, I imagine.
Does work for some apps though; might require manual filter list updating (open AdGuard & tap refresh) given advertiser cat-and-mouse.
(Edit: speaking at least to iOS^)
Edit: Apple protecting their business interests by locking the platform down for sure. Also a few fewer grandma iPhones in botnets, but at great cost to us nerds.
Yeah