"Ad blocking is in a weird place. Google, the company that makes more money from advertising than any other on Earth, is actively working to make ad blockers worse on Chrome while it also makes it harder to block ads on YouTube. Basically, it's a good time to not use Chrome. So it's nice that Apple users have another choice: Safari. And, as luck would have it, Safari has an extremely efficient API for ad blocking built right in."
"You will also be asked if you want to enable any userscripts. The ones offered bring back YouTube's old interface and bypass paywalls. You can also install custom userscripts, if you want, meaning you won't need a separate application for that functionality. After that, you'll need to open Safari, head to the settings, and turn on all the wBlock entries you see on the extensions page. Do that and you should be able to browse the web without any ads."
Ad blocking faces challenges due to browser makers making it harder to block ads, particularly on Chrome and YouTube. Safari provides an efficient built-in ad blocking API that enables fast, low-overhead blocking. wBlock is free, open-source, and customizable, using Safari's API to block ads without slowing browsing. Unlike extensions that bypass native APIs, some blockers can reduce browser performance over time. wBlock offers selectable filter lists, optional userscripts that can restore YouTube's old interface or bypass paywalls, and support for custom userscripts. Installation requires enabling wBlock entries in Safari's extensions. Documentation on GitHub explains technical differences and trade-offs of ad blocking.
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