Ask HN: Why is uBlock Origin not available on iOS devices?

6 pointsby markrankinabout 2 years ago

Why is it available via browsers on Mac OS?

3 comments

Because Safari and its WebView process are still the only processes allowed to run JIT compilers.<p>Other Browsers on iOS are just unaccelerated Safari Webviews.<p>In order to have a real Browser on iOS, with a real Web Extension API (manifest v2/v3) users would need to jailbreak their devices.<p>This has been going on for decades, and Apple pretty much gives zero effs about it.

orbzabout 2 years ago

I would guess it using a blocking mechanism that isn’t compatible with the plugin system that iOS safari supports. There are at least other ad blockers in the AppStore.

Raed667about 2 years ago

Look at how Adguard built their safari extension. It is basically an electron app that talks to the browser. Not really in the spirit of uBlock.