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Great article but the fix is Adblock! Enable adblock everywhere for your family and friends at risk. Even if an ad sometimes slips through they since its out of the ordinary they are way less likely to click.

https://firstpartyornoparty.org/

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The problem with this is that many older people are reluctant to use web browsers that actually support true ad blocking. They are used to Chrome and don't want to use anything that is even remotely different. I have this argument with my mom on almost a daily basis. She is always messing up her phone or computer by clicking on something she shouldn't. I have installed firefox for her, but she refuses to use it.

Okay, my family has iPads. What should they use? Brave? lol

Yes

Tablets not from Apple. That's your fault if you use that shit and can't block ads or install whatever you want.

It's easy for a non technological person to block ads and malicious domains on the system level on all Apple devices.

They already have an iPhone, a Mac, a MacBook, which tablet would you recommend that integrates just as well? My point is that this is not a realistic option for a lot of people. Adblockers only work for people who have previously valued their freedom.

Nextdns/similar.

Vpn with ad blocking built in

UBOL is in testing now for iOS, but Apple has some bugs on their content blocking side. Reminder that adblockers are recommended by the FBI

There are various ad blockers for Safari on the App Store.

People always say this, but I wish they would suggest a specific one. There are so many out there, it's hard to know which ones are high quality, still maintained, etc.

I recommend 1Blocker, it’s actively maintained and pretty good. However, if you’re not a grandfathered user like me, it does come with a small price.

Firefox Focus is available on App Store. You don't have to use it (I don't), but set it as a content blocker in Safari settings.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/safari-integration-fire...

The only other extension I’ve started using recently, when the quantity/frequency of YouTube ads on Safari became unbearable, is 1Blocker. It includes a specific filter for blocking YouTube ads, and you can use one active filter for free without subscription.

https://support.1blocker.com/en/articles/9313640-how-to-bloc...

iPads don't support notifications unless your family figures out how to use PWAs (they won't, Apple made sure of that). Also, there are various content blockers for iOS.

Unfortunately, because real alternative browsers are only supported in the EU (and even then with big asterisks), you won't see a normal browser engine powerful content blocking any time soon. The content filters you can download from the app store help, but they're not as powerful as uBO and friends.

Orion has ad blocking built in and supports Firefox extensions.

I think the extension support is explicitly disallowed by Apple so shhh don’t tell anyone teehee!

Adguard for Safari is excellent, it can be combined with Vinegar and Baking Soda:

Baking Soda: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/baking-soda-tube-cleaner/id160...

Vinegar: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303...

Adguard pro: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-ios-pro/overview.html

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