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1. voisin ◴[] No.43206497[source]
Seems to feature a lot of AdGuard filter lists. Does this blocker differ materially from AdGuard?
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2. InfiniteVortex ◴[] No.43209054[source]
Author here: No, not really. It uses AdGuard lists, SafariConverterLib by AdGuard for converting filter lists to Safari content blocking format. The only difference is that WebShield works on iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and macOS as one app & codebase (AdGuard has separate apps for Safari on macOS & iOS), and its completely free & open source, albeit I accept donations, but nothing is behind a paywall, and will never be behind a paywall. I'd rather just stop developing than sell out to ad companies (acceptable ads) or put things behind a paywall.
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3. solardev ◴[] No.43223216[source]
Thank you for this detailed and honest reply.