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by nomel 1349 days ago
Is ad blocking on Apple products not possible? I naively assume some hosts file changes could clean it up.
2 comments

Maybe it will be like some of Apple's changes that allowed Apple's apps to bypass a whole lot of the network stack, VPNs, content filters, firewalls.

They later removed it, and tried to spin it as a "temporary feature while they resolved bugs in those pieces of software", though it's hard to imagine what apps like TextEdit needed a network kernel extension for...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-removes-feature-that-all...

Even if they blocked it in the OS you’d still be able to block with an off device network solution like pihole.

Or just use alternatives to the offending apps. I don’t mind Apple’s stock software and try to use it in most cases to avoid the software tinkering trap, but it’s not like there’s any that’s best in class/irreplaceable.

I think the commenters objection is more about principle.