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		TheKarateKid on May 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switch from Chrome to Firefox 3rd party browsers are not able to make use of the Content Blocking supported by iOS, which is a major sacrifice to use Chrome.

robin_reala on May 30, 2019 [–]

That was originally the case, but I believe it was opened up in iOS 11? I certainly use Firefox iOS primarily and don’t see many if any tracking ads.

saagarjha on May 31, 2019 | [–]

Firefox may be doing their own thing, since they own the webview, but they cannot use the content blocking API.

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