uBlock Origin Lite for Safari
18 days ago
- #Safari Extensions
- #uBlock Origin
- #Ad Blocking
- uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) is now available for Safari via Test Flight for Safari 18.6 and Safari 26 beta.
- The app is difficult to find in the App Store search results, appearing as the 13th or 16th result.
- Safari's ad-blocking capabilities are still inferior to Chrome's MV3, with Apple's declarativeNetRequest API being semi-broken until iOS 18.6.
- uBOL lacks default generic cosmetic filtering, requiring users to set blocking mode to 'Complete' for this feature.
- uBOL is less effective against anti-content blocker measures due to limitations in converting filters to DNR rules.
- The declarativeNetRequest API does not support enforcing rules based on the top context (URL in the address bar).
- Alternative ad blockers mentioned include Wipr (paid, regularly updated) and AdGuard (long-standing, cross-platform).
- uBOL's release is seen as essential functionality for modern browsing.