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Native adblocking
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Hello there. It's even more critical for such an ambitious and potentially one of the best Android apps (and solid candidate for the best browser app for Android) to feature a native adblocking system.
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Privacy: Obviously, trackers are also comparable to some plagues on mobile devices
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Performance: Ads, trackers, undesired tracking cookies... Such elements can drastically slow down browsing experience, especially on devices that got much less power than some computers
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Security: Protecting users against obnoxious stuff that "blocks" the screen/softlocks browser, more traditional malware links and so on
If implementation of extensions system is somehow rendered impossible by Chromium on Android limitations, a native solution should be considered. Using uBlock Origin as core base, with adjustements and improvements to make sure Vivaldi Android users can benefit from such good efficiency.
To sum it up, considering an Android web browser app without any adblocking & anti-tracking solution embedded is somehow a clumsy move that would be considered by some people as a major con. Besides, a native, powerful and flexible native adblocking solution could also benefit users with Vivaldi on computers!
Thanks for your attention, sorry if I failed to catch such feature request already in case it would be done before, and keep up the great work!
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This post should have more upvotes! Brave browser with native adblocking is doing good (both on android/desktop). The jury is still out for their initiatives to push in their own ads. I am not getting in that debate here.
My only concern is Vivaldi mobile browser that should block ads, trackers out of the box when it is released. We still have no idea about the timelines though.
As the OP mentions- ublock filters.
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It's one of the features I am needing in this moment for mobile/desktop. Sometimes I browser on good sites but at the same time annoying ones because of the amount of unnecessary popups/ads that appear.
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I think it's a great idea. I would like to have my own filters and filter lists. The Ad Picker of uBlock origin would be perfect.
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Yeah I can't echo this more strongly.
I've just switched to Vivaldi from Brave and I've gotta say Brave's Android browser is excellent. I'm currently still using Brave on Android, and to switch to Vivaldi (which I want to do for Sync convenience) Vivaldi MUST have native ad blocking and tracker blocking.
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Vivaldi won't have any ad blocking, it's already stated they will not block actively any ad. The best would be like Kiwi browser, they re-enabled support for Chrome extensions, so I can use uBO on android, while chrome itself won't be able to use its own extensions.
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If the Vivaldi mobile dev team does not plan to block ads natively or support extensions that block ads then I will be strongly inclined to switch to Brave. I've been enjoying the desktop up to this point and was looking forward to being able to using the sync feature with the mobile version of the browser but was unpleasantly surprised that there is no non-external way to block ads in the mobile browser at this time. This is a key feature for whatever I use as my daily driver.
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@survient Unfortunately, Vivaldi has to make a living and advertising is one of the main reasons for this. Although I would prefer Vivaldi to try to convince us that sometimes it is worth to turn off the ads blocker so that they can earn money instead of imposing a lack of ads blocker on us. The mobile version will suffer especially in my opinion. Lack of this feature plus lack of support for add-ons may turn out to be the most stupid thing for Vivaldi. When confronted with other browsers that offer Vivaldi it will seem like an experimental browser and not a fully fledged browser with no such decent functionality. Unfortunately, Vivaldi has to change its browser slogan for our friends into a browser for someone else because a friend tries to listen to good advice.
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@MattSolo45
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@Nekomajin we wrote it before the premiere. and after the release it changes that they have to add support for add-ons because there are no ad blockers. Look at the writing hours.
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i hope they add it in the coming updates
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Brave is alright but I've found it to kind of boring and really basic. It why I don't really use it.
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@minassamy There will be no blocking of commercials from Vivaldi. So many times they repeat the stupidity that mr. @Jon accepted that it's a pity to talk. We should hope that they will at least have extensions because otherwise Vivaldi mobile will become a platform for them to make money on ads.
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@MattSolo45 Why do you take things for granted that aren't? For the time being, the official version is as follows:
"We currently don't have this but are looking at different approaches. This is only the beta! We will keep these considerations in mind going forward :)"I'd say give him some confidence, if there are many requests from users will surely listen to them.
While waiting for the next evolutions, there are however other ways to eliminate advertising, both free and paid.
"Non è tanto chi sei quanto quello che fai che ti qualifica" - "Il coraggio non è la mancanza di paura ma bensì la consapevolezza che qualcosa sia più importante della paura stessa" - Vivaldi il browser che si adatta all'utente
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@Folgore101 Vivaldi says he doesn't want to block the commercials. I mean all the ads, not just the sensitive ones (although which are not?).
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@MattSolo45 Vivaldi says that for the mobile version they will evaluate users' requests and decide what to do.
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@MattSolo45 He?
Anyway, extensions on Vivaldi don't make sense, since it's a browser based on chromium for android. Extensions on chrome web store aren't written/coded with mobile use in mind, since the chrome browser doesn't have extensions. Read through some of the play store reviews, Vivaldi employees are mentioning it would lead to more trouble than it's worth it in their replies and I agree there. It's the same argument I put forward on the forums some months ago.So since this is out of the question, the alternative would be native adblocking, like Opera does, with a customizable block list. But yeah, it has been pointed out that Vivaldi wants to support content creators and doesn't want to build a definitive and all-encompassing ad block solution into their products, be it mobile or desktop.
This doesn't mean however Vivaldi is in the ad business… that you either have to understand, or continue to ignore, I don't mind either way.
My advice: Root your phone and set up adblocking with a custom hosts file, which has the advantage of working for all installed apps. If you aren't willing or able to handle this, you will either have to wait for Vivaldi to change their mind, live with the ads, or choose another browser.
All that being said, pressure seems to be growing on the consumer front concerning noob friendly ad block solutions, not sure wether Vivaldi can ignore it in the long run.
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@luetage i don't wanna be rude, but i can't hear this argument anymore. Kiwi-Browser shows that extension are possible vor Android-Chrome(ium) very well!
Correct me if I'm wrong...(I am using Kiwi with all the Chrome Web Store Extensions I want, like uBlock, DarkMode, Reedy and so on)
