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Orion on iOS has been life changing for me.

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As a Linux Firefox user who is Orion-curious I'd be interested in hearing more about how.

Full manifest v2 ublock origin on an iOS browser is pretty amazing.

You got me excited and I installed it but uBlock Origin does not work and is not supported on iOS.

If you have it installed and it appears to be working, it’s probably the default native ad blocker that’s doing the work.

https://orionfeedback.org/d/9145-ublock-origin-not-existent-...

Wait... so they browser says it's supports manifest v2 and lets you install v2 extensions, but then they just silently don't work? That's pretty confusing behavior. Why even offer them if they're blocked on an OS level?

That is my understanding, they can’t fully implement some of the lower level functions on iOS. The APIs seem to fail but fail silently so you can install the extension, it appears to be working but it does not.

I think failing loudly would be better for users.

Huh because I thought it was nuts I could block youtube ads. I thought it was ublock.

My understanding is that Orion has already installed uBlock Origin out of the box. No need to install the extension.

can you expound on this "life change"?

Not who you are responding to, but it properly blocks ads. I can actually view things like recipes on mobile. It's great! (Blocks YT ads too.)

It allows Firefox and chrome extensions!

Being able to set my default browser to Kagi was enough. I'll deal with Orion's bugs for now because I don't want to go back.

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