Adblock Plus Returns To Android and Arrives On iPhone For First Time

Mickeycaskill writes: Adblock Plus has returned to Android — two and a half years after ad blocking services were removed from Google Play — and has been released on iOS for the first time. Adblock Browser for Android has been in beta since late May, with well over 300,000 people downloading the beta in the browser's first week. Meanwhile the arrival of the app on iPhone means developer Eyeo has beaten Apple to the punch, as the company has confirmed iOS 9 will feature an adblocker built into Safari. "With the popularity of the iOS platform in places like the US, we considered it critical to offer an app in the Apple App Store," said Till Faida, co-founder of Adblock Plus. "We're thankful to Apple for working with us on this project and we look forward to their new iOS 9, which will give web developers additional ad-blocking tools. It's a big step for this industry."

Comments

Re:Firefox for Android + uBlock Origin

[CrashNBrn]

Likely None --- or Worse. uBlock is the evolution|forkish of the "AdBlock+". Now if you don't mind some fiddly-bits, uMatrix is even better (less memory, less CPU usage, etc). uMatrix is interesting as it takes the reins from all of these: NoScript, Ghostery, Adblock+|uBlock|RequestPolicy.

Re:Adblock Edge is better

[msimm]

Adblock Edge (ABE) is discontinued. ABE's developer is recommending uBlock Origin which apparently:

outperforms Adblock Edge but is also available on other browsers and, of course, without "Acceptable Ads Whitelist".