Comment by lieks

3 months ago

You can install full uBlock Origin in the Orion browser, on iOS. It also has decent built-in ad blocking (though uBlock Origin is still better).

I had been thinking for a long time to switch to Android (GrapheneOS, probably) when my current iPhone 13 dies, but this whole thing with "sideloading" on Android is making me reconsider. If I can't have the freedom I want either way, might as well get longer support, polished animation and better default privacy (though I still need to opt-out of a bunch of stuff).

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palata  3 months ago

Well GrapheneOS is not Google-certified, so it is not impacted by this :-).

  • bitwize  3 months ago

    AOSP releases are going to stop (or become late and cursory like Darwin releases), and new Pixels will not be able to run non-Google-certified operating systems :)

    • Pfhortune  3 months ago

      > and new Pixels will not be able to run non-Google-certified operating systems :)

      I haven't heard about this. Source?

      I think there has been much _speculation_ around this, but no proof that I am aware of.

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whycome  3 months ago

How did Orion sidestep the safari WebKit requirements?

  • lieks  3 months ago

    They didn't. They implemented the WebExtensions API for WebKit. It's not complete (e.g. Stylus doesn't work yet), but it's enough to run uBlock Origin.