[hendersoon]

Apple also blocks VPN-based adblockers from their appstore, and unlike Android you cannot easily sideload apps on iOS.

There's technically a way to do it, but you need to plug your phone into your computer and re-push them every 7 days, unless you pay $99/year for a developer license. Or jailbreak, of course, which has its own problems.

[gvurrdon]

This is still available on iOS, amongst others:

https://adguard.com/en/adguard-ios-pro/overview.html

Of course, the limits on installing software on one's own device are still a concern.

[hendersoon]

Yes, but not for long:

https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-ios-1-3-0/

[gvurrdon]

That article appears to be somewhat out of date; Adguard Pro is still available:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adguard-pro-no-ads-popups/id...

[ameshkov]

It is, but system-wide ad blocking is disabled by default. You need to manually add filters subscriptions or hosts files in order to get it back. Not that it's much of a problem, though.

[codetrotter]

Does adding said hosts files require a jailbroken device or are the files added in the app?

[gvurrdon]

The files are added in the app - it seems to work well, though I’ve seen reviews suggesting that some users have been confused by it.