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WebShield – A new wide-spectrum content blocker for Safari

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143 points tW4r | 4 comments | 28 Feb 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hknws2023saio ◴[28 Feb 25 15:37 UTC] No.43206774[source]▶
The only thing that is holding me back from not making safari my primary browser is not having an extension like ublock origin. This seems really promising.
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layer8 ◴[28 Feb 25 16:06 UTC] No.43207180[source]▶
What are you missing specifically? I’ve been pretty happy with Ghostery and AdGuard Pro.
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nick_ ◴[28 Feb 25 17:07 UTC] No.43207885[source]▶
I've been using AdGuard Pro happily on all my devices for about ten years now. I'm wondering what adding Ghostery to the mix does on Safari?
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1. layer8 ◴[28 Feb 25 17:21 UTC] No.43208057[source]▶
Ghostery doesn’t just hide consent banners and blocks tracking cookies, it also automatically opts-out from tracking consent.

https://www.ghostery.com/blog/never-consent-by-ghostery#neve...

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2. dylan604 ◴[28 Feb 25 20:28 UTC] No.43210075[source]▶
What trackers actually obey said consent?
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3. soraminazuki ◴[28 Feb 25 20:34 UTC] No.43210201[source]▶
Ghostery is the thing you want to block in the first place.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130619042941/https://www.techn...

I see tracking consent opt-outs as pointless and misleading at best because the adtech industry doesn't operate in good faith. Just block them.

4. layer8 ◴[01 Mar 25 00:38 UTC] No.43214070[source]▶
In the EU, they are legally obliged to do so.