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blakesterz ◴[] No.41809847[source]
Has anyone been using the v3 compatible version of uBlock Origin? Have you noticed much of a difference? From what I read there isn't supposed to be much of a difference?
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kccqzy ◴[] No.41809855[source]
I have been using the Firefox version of it for more than a year by now, basically as soon as it came out. I commented on HN that I was going to do it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37219071

There's no difference whatsoever.

And it's not surprising because on my iOS device I've been using similarly architected content blockers since 2015. There's no issue with declarative ad blocking.

Of course this differs with the kind of sites you visit. So you need to try it on your own. I can believe that perhaps for some people this is a downgrade, but don't automatically assume uBlock Origin Lite won't work well for you.

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1. michaelt ◴[] No.41810168[source]
> And it's not surprising because on my iOS device I've been using similarly architected content blockers since 2015. There's no issue with declarative ad blocking.

Really?

Because I find adblockers on iOS are nowhere near as good - they let far more ads through, and they leave far more sites broken so I have to disable the ad blocker for the site to work.

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2. eek2121 ◴[] No.41810578[source]
That is the fault of the blockers themselves. The one I use (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...) works extremely well and even uses a local VPN setup for app ad-filtering.

Twitter and YouTube ads are blocked.

The drawback? It isn’t free.