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My understanding is that this doesn't use the newish Safari content block API, am I right?

What's the best ad blocker that uses the Safari content block API? I use Adguard, and it's ok, but I'd want something else.

Paying money is no problem.

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I use wipr and it's excellent.

I've been using it for a year and haven't seen any ads so far, not even video ads from big or small websites.

The macOS version is free so you can test it. The iOS version is $1 and it's very worth it.

Unfortunately wipr doesn't have any settings (whitelists, extra filters, etc) on macOS.

Just tried it but it got stuck on www.bbcamerica.com trying to play a video because it doesn't know how to handle a missing google analytics. On the other hand, ublock0 handled it properly.

1Blocker is pretty well regarded right now, that's what I use.

Thanks. I tried it, but it doesn't block youtube banners on the bottom of the videos. Adguard does. It also blocks all comments, including Hacker News comments by default??!?

The 1Blocker beta (via TestFlight) mentions blocking YouTube banner ads now. I haven't tested it yet for that.

Comments are a toggle as a class, or a toggle per CSS markup; or whitelist HN.

I'm complaining about a bizarre default (also blocks porn by default), not that I don't know how to fix it. That being said, the lack of blocking youtube in-video banner advertisements make it unusable to me, which is a pity because the UI is pretty good.

HN comments were specifically mentioned as a fix for the latest beta via TestFlight.

I've tried all ad blockers from Safari extensions gallery - Adguard is the clear winner. Most powerful and customisable, yet uses Safari content block API.

I use Ka-Block! and am satisfied with it.

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