DuckGuy

Kind of explains why he isn’t posting there then, doesn’t it?

Because it isn’t secure at all?

Heh.

They silently dropped that motto eons ago.

You’re welcome :-)

Is wipr an extension?

Yep. It isn’t a full-on app like Adguard.

what’s the privacy like

Here’s the succinct privacy notice. Nothing whatsoever is collected.

is it open source

Pretty sure it isn’t.

People suggesting DNS filtering are missing the point. Yes, people should do it, but for cosmetic stuff you need a browser extension.

Anyway. I used to use Adguard. Like you, I noticed how slow it was making Safari. Worse, sometimes it simply wouldn’t work even though it was supposedly active.

I gave Ghostery a try. It worked. No slowdowns or anything. Then I settled for Wipr. You can’t add custom lists to it, but at least it works as intended and doesn’t seem to slow down Safari.

I only ditched Ghostery because I don’t exactly trust them. Otherwise it was working perfectly, too.

PS: I am obviously also using a custom DNS server. I’m a ControlD customer.

The Internet’s Greatest Authenticity Machine

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

Neat, thanks!

I didn’t hear anyone complain when Firefox added pocket support

People did. I did. Firefox’s Pocket integration is always the first thing I disable on a fresh install. You’ll always find people complaining about the tiniest things :-)