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WebShield – A new wide-spectrum content blocker for Safari

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143 points tW4r | 1 comments | 28 Feb 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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perdomon ◴[28 Feb 25 15:15 UTC] No.43206511[source]▶
I like projects like this since Safari is probably the biggest competitor to Chrome, but historically Apple hasn't been kind to these sorts of extensions. I hope they're able to find a way to make it work, because Safari is well-integrated into the iOS ecosystem.
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1. jshier ◴[28 Feb 25 19:59 UTC] No.43209668[source]▶
Since they dropped the old web extension support perhaps 10(?) years ago, the new extension system has only grown new capabilities. They even added the ability to dynamically execute JS, which is what enabled these blockers to do things like block YouTube ads.