[hbn]

uBlock is what's keeping me from switching to Safari (which is so much nicer to use on a Mac)

It seems like most people who use Safari use full system-level ad blockers like Wipr. But I was also Googling around and found some complaints about Wipr, like it taking forever to be updated to block YouTube ads when they switch how they're displayed, or not being as good at getting around ad-block detection on certain sites.

[jedberg]

I use AdGuard and it works pretty well. Well enough that Safari is still the superior experience on my Mac for general browsing, especially when it comes to performance and battery life.

I actually use Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on a daily basis, so I have some pretty solid annecdata that Safari is the best experience.

[mbirth]

I've recently switched to macOS and Safari with Wipr. I don't see much difference to my Firefox setup with AdNauseam (uBlock Origin) before. More on the contrary - my selected lists were very aggressive and I had various sites where I had to disable uBlock to see them properly. With Safari and Wipr, everything seems to just work.

[gorhill]

> I don't see much difference to my Firefox setup with AdNauseam (uBlock Origin)

AdNauseam is not uBlock Origin, you can not use AdNauseam's results to judge uBlock Origin.

[mbirth]

As a direct fork, it’s currently 2282 commits ahead, 586 commits behind your uBlock. That amounts to about the commits since uBlock 1.29.0 - which is exactly the version they’re claiming to use.

But yes, who knows what they’ve changed.

[gorhill]

It's not just the code, it's also about what is not filtered in Adnauseum that would normally be filtered in uBO with default settings/lists.

[gruturo]

Thank you so much for umatrix (I know, discontinued) and UBO, Raymond, and thanks to all the filter list maintainers.

[anotherhue]

Please allow me this minor hijacking to express my complete and absolute gratitude for your efforts in developing uBO.

[Ashanmaril]

Good to know, thanks. Maybe I'll have to give it a shot. I suppose $2 isn't that big of a risk given what some apps on the Mac App Store cost

[robertoandred]

I use AdGuard with Safari, works great.

[moritzwolf]

You can install uBlock in Safari from the AppStore. Works great for me.

[ffpip]

That is a clone, not the original uBlock Origin. I don't think uBlock Origin exists for safari 13+