Mozilla Launches Focus By Firefox, a Content Blocker For iOS 9 (mozilla.org)

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla today launched an iOS content blocker called Focus by Firefox. It's a "content blocker" because although Focus is capable of blocking some ads, this latest project from the non-profit is aimed at stopping trackers. The free app is made possible thanks to iOS 9's content-blocking feature, which requires some setting up. Like with any content blocker, after you download Focus, you'll have to activate Focus' content-blocking features within your system-wide iOS settings (launching the app will provide a guide to finish configuration). It's worth noting that Focus only works with Safari. Mozilla says, "This was not our choice—Apple has chosen to make content blocking unavailable to third party browsers on iOS." Here is the Focus GitHub repo and its feedback tool.

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Oh Apple, you so crazy

[phishybongwaters]

And there's Apple creating that wonderful eco system again, by limiting useful features to their dying dinosaur of a browser, because that's the only reason safari even shows up in any browser lists, because apple forces you to use it. And I thought it was bad when they enabled "other browsers" that infact are merely a skin ontop of safari, this right here takes the cake. "We've listened to your concerns about privacy and tracking, and we care. But only enough to position our browser to be the only one on our platform that can use these new features" Get bent with your IOS bullshit.