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		zamalek 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome... This is coming from an Apple antagonist, but don't the Apple OSs have adblocking at a system level (implying Safari)? This does vindicate Apple (but doesn't help in the other legitimate scenarios that this API is needed, which I have been told do exist).

gruez 9 months ago [–]

> but don't the Apple OSs have adblocking at a system level (implying Safari)?

No, content blockers are specific to Safari. Third party apps can show ads just fine.

carlosjobim 9 months ago | [–]

It's easy to install system level ad-blocking in MacOS and iOS.

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