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by JimDabell 2010 days ago
> switching browsers won't net you different adblocking capability due to the restriction to use apples webkit core.

That depends on what you mean by “different adblocking capability”. It’s absolutely possible for alternative browsers to block different things to Safari. I can think of three ways to do it off the top of my head: add a content rule list; inject JavaScript to remove elements from the DOM; inject CSS to hide elements.
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BenTheElder 2010 days ago
Do you know if any browsers are doing this?

In practice on iOS nothing seems better than safari + the content rules for adblocking, but I admittedly didn't try every app

Shipping your own content lists seems like a tricky way to differentiate since users could install similar lists without using your browser.

aside: It also appears to just inject CSS you have to inject it via javscript now which feels a bit gross but certainly doable.

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