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WebShield – A new wide-spectrum content blocker for Safari

by tW4r on 2/28/25, 11:21 AM with 76 comments

  • by layer8 on 2/28/25, 4:11 PM

    It would be useful to describe what specifically this adds over existing Safari content blockers in that space.

  • by hknws2023saio on 2/28/25, 3:37 PM

    The only thing that is holding me back from not making safari my primary browser is not having an extension like ublock origin. This seems really promising.

  • by InfiniteVortex on 2/28/25, 6:48 PM

    Hey everyone, author of WebShield here! I had no idea this was posted here. Feel free to ask any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them here (including any that have been posted), if/when I get the time.

  • by voisin on 2/28/25, 3:13 PM

    Seems to feature a lot of AdGuard filter lists. Does this blocker differ materially from AdGuard?

  • by delduca on 2/28/25, 5:15 PM

    I have been using Wipr2, 100/100 on my adblock testing.

  • by busymom0 on 2/28/25, 4:15 PM

    Can someone explain what "wide-spectrum content blocker" means and how it differs from other ad blockers available for Safari?

  • by sylens on 2/28/25, 3:19 PM

    The bar they need to clear right now seems to be Wipr2

  • by zsolt224 on 3/1/25, 8:49 AM

    Is it possible to disable autoplay next video on YouTube?

    And disable YouTube shorts?

    Thank you for developing open source extension.

  • by perdomon on 2/28/25, 3:15 PM

    I like projects like this since Safari is probably the biggest competitor to Chrome, but historically Apple hasn't been kind to these sorts of extensions. I hope they're able to find a way to make it work, because Safari is well-integrated into the iOS ecosystem.

  • by bni on 2/28/25, 8:20 PM

    I have been using https://github.com/dgraham/Ka-Block for years.

    It works great. Kind of strange it's never mentioned when ad blockers are discussed.

  • by twilo on 2/28/25, 10:08 PM

    I've been using this here:

    https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock

  • by drpossum on 2/28/25, 3:13 PM

    Have you actually released this or passed Apple's review process? Soliciting external donations for higher level support gets into a grey area about Apple getting their cut from the apps it distributes. If you haven't registered as a non-profit you are also not doing yourself favors.

    I would be extremely upset if I donated and then you never made it to the store/got removed from the store because you didn't consider or do due diligence on this process.

  • by ingohelpinger on 2/28/25, 4:22 PM

    wondering how many users firefox has lost, myself for sure..

  • by droopyEyelids on 2/28/25, 4:04 PM

    This might be silly but it would be awesome if you added a category for blocking blue check accounts on twitter

  • by twilo on 2/28/25, 9:46 PM

    Is this similar to wBlock?