It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
I’ve yet to find a browser on iOS that blocks ads as effectively. I’d like to use Firefox but they don’t seem interested in adding Adblock on their iOS app. I don’t want to use Brave but browsing the internet with ads is an absolute non-starter.
You can install uBlock Origin yourself, can’t you?
Not on iOS (which is Safari in disguise and with Mozilla sync)
Firefox on iOS does not support addons
Don’t use iOS if you want that level of control
Apple blocks Firefox from shipping their own engine or having a add on store on iOS. Web browsers on iOS are just Safari wrappers since Apple purposely makes browsing the web shitty so that you use the App store
Isn’t literally every browser on Ios just Safari with a bag on the side?
don’t write off safari so quickly. it’s got fingerprinting protection, browser profiles that separate cookies and history, and extension support. i use ublock origin lite with next dns and don’t get any ads anywhere. you can use adguard as well. (check safari settings for the fingerprinting, it’s on for private browsing only by default)