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WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

It supports ad locking apps.

# ? Jun 19, 2020 19:13

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 01:32

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Mister Facetious posted:

Safari on iPad doesn't support adblockers/tampermonkey, right?

It supports ad blockers.

No "monkey" scripting, though.

# ? Jun 19, 2020 19:25

rufius: Feb 27, 2011; Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.

Mister Facetious posted:

Safari on iPad doesn't support adblockers/tampermonkey, right?

I mean there are adblockers like 1Blocker or Wipr that can be used across iOS and macOS. There was a new extension framework put in place with iOS 12 and High Sierra that enabled this.

# ? Jun 19, 2020 20:21

Mister Facetious: Apr 21, 2007; I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

Dick Nipples posted:

I mean there are adblockers like 1Blocker or Wipr that can be used across iOS and macOS. There was a new extension framework put in place with iOS 12 and High Sierra that enabled this.

Ooh, tell me more.

# ? Jun 19, 2020 20:25

OldSenileGuy: Mar 13, 2001

I'd also be curious to hear what the consensus best ad/tracker-blocker is across iOS and macOS. It seems the most highly rated ones cost money, from a couple bucks for Wipr or BetterBlocker, to a monthly subscription or one time $40 cost (lmao) for 1Blocker X.

On my Mac, I use Firefox with it's built-in blocking as well as the uBlock Origin plugin, and on my iPhone I use Firefox with just it's built-in blockers. But I've been seeing a couple articles about how the latest Safari has the best tracker blocking in the business. So I'm kind of interested in switching back to Safari, but only if the Ad Blocking is as good as I've been getting with Firefox/uBlock.

# ? Jun 20, 2020 00:24

Yeast: Dec 25, 2006; $1900 Grande Latte

I use Wipr, its excellent and doesn't break sites.

# ? Jun 20, 2020 00:45

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Wipr is good for set it and forget it. 1blocker is good for customization. Is it really $40? Wow. I paid when it first came out a couple of bucks and then when they made a new app I paid like $12 but it was universal across iOS, macOS.

# ? Jun 20, 2020 00:57

frogbs: May 5, 2004; Well well well

I recently got a Logitech Combo Touch and challenged myself to only use my iPad this past week for personal stuff, and I was surprised how much I could do. Honestly the biggest stumbling block was Safari IMMEDIATELY reloading tabs if I switched focus to another program. So frustrating, especially if you�re trying to login to something using 2FA.

I�m on the base 10.2� 7th gen, is the iPad Pro better about that, or is it just an iOS thing?

# ? Jun 22, 2020 07:03

Honj Steak: May 31, 2013; Hi there.

frogbs posted:

I recently got a Logitech Combo Touch and challenged myself to only use my iPad this past week for personal stuff, and I was surprised how much I could do. Honestly the biggest stumbling block was Safari IMMEDIATELY reloading tabs if I switched focus to another program. So frustrating, especially if you�re trying to login to something using 2FA.

I�m on the base 10.2� 7th gen, is the iPad Pro better about that, or is it just an iOS thing?

More RAM will help, but even the newest iPad Pro is massively bottlenecked when it comes to intense multi-tasking with only 6GB of memory.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 08:02

john500y2k: Jan 29, 2009

Might be worth checking out Lockdown for ad-blocking and privacy. It works system wide on iOS not just for safari and runs locally.

https://lockdownhq.com/

Have been using it now for several months on my iPhone and really happy with it so far.

Should also mention it is free and open source.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 09:47

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

frogbs posted:

I recently got a Logitech Combo Touch and challenged myself to only use my iPad this past week for personal stuff, and I was surprised how much I could do. Honestly the biggest stumbling block was Safari IMMEDIATELY reloading tabs if I switched focus to another program. So frustrating, especially if you�re trying to login to something using 2FA.

I�m on the base 10.2� 7th gen, is the iPad Pro better about that, or is it just an iOS thing?

As mentioned but there's limits. It'll just depend on the sites and apps and whatever whims of iOS. It's been generally fine for me but there was an update that jacked it up pretty bad. They improved it since then but still there's times where it's confusing.

For 2FA, if you can put it in slideover that can be a workaround for it, and might be more convenient anyway. Otherwise are you using an ad blocker? Depending on the sites you're visiting they can potentially help save a chunk of memory usage.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 10:19

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

john500y2k posted:

Might be worth checking out Lockdown for ad-blocking and privacy. It works system wide on iOS not just for safari and runs locally.

https://lockdownhq.com/

Have been using it now for several months on my iPhone and really happy with it so far.

Should also mention it is free and open source.

Be aware that it is a VPN. The filtering happens across the VPN gateway. This is not a bad thing, per se, just be aware that all your traffic crosses their infrastructure if that matters to you.

That being said, they do have a audit reports available on their site for their app and infrastructure privacy controls.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 12:08

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Proteus Jones posted:

Be aware that it is a VPN. The filtering happens across the VPN gateway. This is not a bad thing, per se, just be aware that all your traffic crosses their infrastructure if that matters to you.

That being said, they do have a audit reports available on their site for their app and infrastructure privacy controls.

Last I checked Netflix does not play nice with VPNs so that�s an issue to be aware of as well. (This was when I was traveling in December and tried to watch some stuff).

# ? Jun 22, 2020 12:20

canyonero: Aug 3, 2006

Different solution but 1Password can generate 2FA codes too and automatically copies the code to your clipboard.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 12:59

TVGM: Mar 17, 2005; "It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"; Yam Slacker

Proteus Jones posted:

Be aware that it is a VPN. The filtering happens across the VPN gateway. This is not a bad thing, per se, just be aware that all your traffic crosses their infrastructure if that matters to you.

That being said, they do have a audit reports available on their site for their app and infrastructure privacy controls.

The "Firewall" part of the app seems to only route traffic though an on-device VPN. I've seen Android blockers do the same thing.

Of course you can subscribe to their VPN service for ~ultra-protection~

# ? Jun 22, 2020 14:34

Binary Badger: Oct 11, 2005; Trolling Link for a decade

WWDC preview / last minute tweet leak

https://twitter.com/L0vetodream/status/1274930688756609024

# ? Jun 22, 2020 14:41

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

TVGM posted:

The "Firewall" part of the app seems to only route traffic though an on-device VPN. I've seen Android blockers do the same thing.

Of course you can subscribe to their VPN service for ~ultra-protection~

Ah, OK. I didn't do a super deep dive on their site. Thanks.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 16:01

TVGM: Mar 17, 2005; "It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"; Yam Slacker

Looks like hand-writing is in. Also :siren:

set default browser and mail :siren:

# ? Jun 22, 2020 19:05

Combat Pretzel: Jun 23, 2004; No, seriously... what kurds?!

No setting default note taking app?

Also, I guess that year of free TV+ with my iPad will find an use, with what that Foundation series on it.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 19:07

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Combat Pretzel posted:

No setting default note taking app?

Also, I guess that year of free TV+ with my iPad will find an use, with what that Foundation series on it.

There's a couple good things. "For All Mankind" is good. "Fraggle Rock" is cute. "Mythic Quest" is okay. Not enough to spend money on, but worth the cost of free.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 19:11

rufius: Feb 27, 2011; Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.

Endless Mike posted:

There's a couple good things. "For All Mankind" is good. "Fraggle Rock" is cute. "Mythic Quest" is okay. Not enough to spend money on, but worth the cost of free.

I liked Mythic Quest.

Wife and I have been enjoying Central Park as well.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 19:47

frogbs: May 5, 2004; Well well well

Man, I was really hoping for Xcode on iPad today. Wouldn't that be have been a great way to let people start developing for the Mac transition? I guess maybe they're thermally limited enough that running ARM OSX and desktop apps could have been painful?

# ? Jun 22, 2020 20:02

trilobite terror: Oct 20, 2007; BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

frogbs posted:

Man, I was really hoping for Xcode on iPad today. Wouldn't that be have been a great way to let people start developing for the Mac transition? I guess maybe they're thermally limited enough that running ARM OSX and desktop apps could have been painful?

I wonder how different the new devkit is from the iPad Pro, aside from the RAM/storage that�s been mentioned.

# ? Jun 22, 2020 20:32

Pakistani Brad Pitt: Nov 28, 2004; Not as taciturn, but still terribly powerful...

Is there such thing as an iPad keyboard with a NumPad/8 directional arrow keys?

# ? Jun 22, 2020 21:13

trilobite terror: Oct 20, 2007; BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:

Is there such thing as an iPad keyboard with a NumPad/8 directional arrow keys?

Yes, but it isn�t built into a folio case (it�s any Bluetooth or USB keyboard with numpad)

# ? Jun 22, 2020 21:14

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:

Is there such thing as an iPad keyboard with a NumPad/8 directional arrow keys?

https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/MQ052LL/A/magic-keyboard-with-numeric-keypad-us-english-silver

# ? Jun 24, 2020 02:33

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Combat Pretzel posted:

No setting default note taking app?

Also, I guess that year of free TV+ with my iPad will find an use, with what that Foundation series on it.

I read that in high school and have zero memories of it except for space aristocrats sniffing tobacco out of little tins and people blowing stuff up with atomics, but I do remember thinking this is going to be impossible to film. I don't care if it's bad, I just hope its not boring.

# ? Jun 24, 2020 16:19

Blotto_Otter: Aug 16, 2013

Krispy Wafer posted:

I don't care if it's bad, I just hope its not boring.

I don't expect Apple to ever make interesting TV, partly because it's an afterthought to them and afterthoughts rarely amount to much, and partly because compelling content often means controversial content, and this Apple executive group is allergic to controversy.

But I really don't expect this particular show to be good, because the central conceit of the Foundation series has aged like milk in the seventy years since the first book was written. A magic algorithm that can predict the course of human history? A technocratic society set up on a bunker-planet where the brightest minds can be safe from the rising tide of barbarism as society falls into chaos? Come on, this sounds like some Silicon Valley tech baron's sick wish-fulfillment fantasy.

# ? Jun 24, 2020 16:49

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Blotto_Otter posted:

I don't expect Apple to ever make interesting TV, partly because it's an afterthought to them and afterthoughts rarely amount to much, and partly because compelling content often means controversial content, and this Apple executive group is allergic to controversy.

But I really don't expect this particular show to be good, because the central conceit of the Foundation series has aged like milk in the seventy years since the first book was written. A magic algorithm that can predict the course of human history? A technocratic society set up on a bunker-planet where the brightest minds can be safe from the rising tide of barbarism as society falls into chaos? Come on, this sounds like some Silicon Valley tech baron's sick wish-fulfillment fantasy.

I�ll still watch it. I�m sure your superior intellect will be happy to say why it�s poo poo too but I�ve been enjoying their space show.

# ? Jun 24, 2020 20:36

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Combat Pretzel posted:

No setting default note taking app?

Really ghetto workaround might be using a shortcut to launch whatever app when Notes is launched, like this:

https://www.cultofmac.com/634640/ios-13-shortcuts-replace-stock-apple-apps/

But from the lock screen, going from the default app to the other app requires an unlock. Fine on Face ID devices probably, but can feel clunky on Touch ID.

# ? Jun 25, 2020 07:36

Matt Zerella: Oct 7, 2002; Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

Blotto_Otter posted:

I don't expect Apple to ever make interesting TV, partly because it's an afterthought to them and afterthoughts rarely amount to much, and partly because compelling content often means controversial content, and this Apple executive group is allergic to controversy.

But I really don't expect this particular show to be good, because the central conceit of the Foundation series has aged like milk in the seventy years since the first book was written. A magic algorithm that can predict the course of human history? A technocratic society set up on a bunker-planet where the brightest minds can be safe from the rising tide of barbarism as society falls into chaos? Come on, this sounds like some Silicon Valley tech baron's sick wish-fulfillment fantasy.

Lee pace is in it. I'm in.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 04:00

Blotto_Otter: Aug 16, 2013

Matt Zerella posted:

Lee pace is in it. I'm in.

I'm a sucker for nearly anything with Jared Harris, so I'd love to be wrong about it.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 04:50

trilobite terror: Oct 20, 2007; BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

Apple is run by a bunch of Coldplay dads who are even more out of touch than normal Coldplay dads because they�re all ludicrously wealthy and a bunch of them actually know Coldplay IRL

# ? Jun 26, 2020 08:20

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

I thought everyone at Apple was friends with Bono.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 12:41

Question Mark Mound: Jun 14, 2006; Tokyo Crystal Mew
Dancing Godzilla

Krispy Wafer posted:

I thought everyone at Apple was friends with Bono.

Have you seen their prices? Apple would never do anything pro bono :rimshot:

# ? Jun 26, 2020 17:25

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Question Mark Mound posted:

Have you seen their prices? Apple would never do anything pro bono

I know there are a lot of Apple haters here, but I didn't know it was U2.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 19:33

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I�ve been using the new magic keyboard now for 2 months and I just wanna say it�s real good.

# ? Jun 28, 2020 00:23

TVGM: Mar 17, 2005; "It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"; Yam Slacker

e.pilot posted:

I�ve been using the new magic keyboard now for 2 months and I just wanna say it�s real good.

Agree. Though my big complaint (besides the price) is that I don't get the design decision for the molded sharp edges.

# ? Jun 28, 2020 00:35

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Man that reminds me I really should buy a keyboard for my 2020 Pro. I�ve just been using the one from my work 2018. It doesn�t sit flush on the back because of the camera cutout difference but otherwise works just fine enough for me to forget it�s not �mine� :haw:

# ? Jun 28, 2020 00:41

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 01:32

Mr.Radar: Nov 5, 2005; You guys aren't going to believe this, but that guy is our games teacher.

I just got an iPad 7th gen and before I update the OS from the factory 13.4.1 to 13.5 or whatever the latest is I want to know: 1) is there any reason to jailbreak modern iOS/iPadOS? And 2) if there are reasons, can this version be jailbroken? This is my first Apple device in 15 years so I'm a bit out of the loop on jailbreaking.

# ? Jun 28, 2020 21:31

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