I just want to be able to install a browser on my phone.
uBlock Origin unfortunately isn't viable since it needs to see the data and Apple doesn't permit that. Safari content blockers have to provide a list of rules what should be blocked and Safari acts on it without providing any data back to the content blocker.
Their reasoning is that they want to make it impossible for an adblocker to collect any data.
But I don't care about that because I would chose one adblocker that I trust (uBlock origin). It's a non-issue.
Now I'm forced to use a multitude of native apps that all have far more data collection and access than webapps.
Apple, caring about privacy? Perhaps I'm just old-school, but I'll never be able to read that without the risk of coffee all over my screen.
This is the future people are advocating for with Chrome dominance.
Firefox has temporarily saved itself from this but don't worry, Google will eventually tie their hands as well.
No one is safe from an unstoppable spyware company.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/
And then I'll ask the_gipsy how this is different from every other browser under the sun except Safari and Firefox being just repackaged versions of Chrome?
I think that just about says it right there.
On any other operating system you have Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Firefox, Tor Browser, Webkit-based browsers, Text-only browsers, etc. There are so many options.
But on iOS you can use Webkit or you can go fuck yourself.
I am in awe with the lengths that apple apologists in this thread have gone in order to avoid making reasonable value judgements.
What is it about Apple in general that makes swathes of people take it personally whenever any kind of criticism is leveraged against that particular mega corp?