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Safari on iOS allows limited content blocking. It doesn’t allow ad blocking anywhere else, which is most of the platform.

And, I was referring to the future and trends rather than the current situation. System wide ad blocking used to be possible on iOS without jailbreaking, now it’s not.

I expect in time google will go similar and change android APIs, or play store rules, to do similar.

> It doesn’t allow ad blocking anywhere else, which is most of the platform.

It also works inside apps adopting Safari View Controller.

On android many links are open in a Webview (e.g. opening links on Gmail app) and many ads come through webviews inside apps themselves (e.g. some ads inside the youtube app itself)

You can install hostfile blocking on rooted android devices.

We need a solution that works for the average Joe, rooting devices don't fall in that category.

I guess your parent post should have given it some more thought lol