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Show HN: I created a privacy respecting ad blocker for apps

https://www.magiclasso.co/insights/app-ad-blocking/
3•bentocorp•7h ago
Hey HN, I’ve been working on developing my ad blocker for the last number of years and am proud to share that I have now released a new feature that blocks ads directly in apps — not just in a web browser.

What makes this app ad blocker feature special?

- All ad blocking is done directly on device,

- Using a fast, efficient Swift-based architecture (based upon Swift-NIO)

- Follows a strict ZERO data collection and logging policy

- Blocks ads in all apps on iPhones, iPads and Macs

It works as a local VPN proxy, so it filters all of your traffic locally without going through any third-party servers. The app ad blocker works across News apps, Social media, Games and even browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

After using ad blocking in Safari for a long time, it is eye-opening how many ads and trackers are also embedded in apps themselves. The app is available via the App Store, with a 30 day free trial, before an annual subscription is required.

I know there are many other ad blockers available, but I hope the combination of performance, efficiency and respect for privacy will mean that this particular feature is a valuable option.

It also took a LOT of work to get this working seamlessly within the App Store and iOS / macOS limitations, so am glad the app has been able to finally be released into the world.

Full details on the feature are in the release post:

https://www.magiclasso.co/insights/app-ad-blocking/

How to manage configuration settings in Go web applications

https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/how-to-manage-configuration-settings-in-go-web-applications
1•todsacerdoti•21s ago•0 comments

Take Two: Eshell

http://yummymelon.com/devnull/take-two-eshell.html
1•nanna•1m ago•0 comments

Perplexity joins Anthropic and OpenAI in offering a $200 per month subscription

https://www.engadget.com/ai/perplexity-joins-anthropic-and-openai-in-offering-a-200-per-month-subscription-191715149.html
1•Brajeshwar•4m ago•0 comments

Digital Hygiene: Emails

https://herman.bearblog.dev/digital-hygiene-emails/
1•HermanMartinus•6m ago•0 comments

Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites

https://spacenews.com/space-force-to-fund-development-of-atomic-6-solar-power-for-satellites/
2•rbanffy•9m ago•0 comments

Trump tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of climate change

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/climate/trump-cuts-mauna-loa-keeling
2•doener•14m ago•0 comments

A nuclear attack on the U.S. might unfold, step by step

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/nuclear-attack-washington-scenario/
1•phtrivier•14m ago•1 comments

Laptop Mag is shutting down

https://www.theverge.com/news/695969/laptop-mag-shutdown-future-plc
1•rbanffy•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bookmark and organise your mobile links with ease with this free app

https://about.listee.app
1•MLJV•15m ago•0 comments

Albumentations: Licensing Change and Project Fork

https://albumentations.ai/blog/2025/01-albumentationsx-dual-licensing/
1•ternaus•15m ago•1 comments

Recreating Laravel Cloud's range input with native HTML

https://phare.io/blog/recreating-laravel-clouds-range-input-with-native-html/
1•Bogdanp•16m ago•0 comments

When do pattern match compilation heuristics matter?

https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/match-abstract.html
1•fanf2•17m ago•0 comments

Guaranteeing post-quantum encryption in the browser: ML-KEM over WebSockets

https://blog.projecteleven.com/posts/guaranteeing-post-quantum-encryption-in-the-browser-ml-kem-over-websockets
1•nuggimane•18m ago•0 comments

Trusting the Boot Process: Inside Bottlerocket's Security Architecture

https://molnett.com/blog/25-06-30-trusting-the-boot-process
1•bittermandel•18m ago•0 comments

2-D Digital Waveguide and Finite Difference Modeling of a Sitar (2015) [pdf]

https://www.ripublication.com/ijaer10/ijaerv10n11_122.pdf
1•brudgers•21m ago•0 comments

Tenkai: AI-powered no-code platform to extract structured web data from any site

https://tenkai.tech
1•nikosep•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open Dog Registry – free, open-source API for 200 dog breeds

2•chase-manning•33m ago•0 comments

All Rocket launches in 2025 so far, chronologically and to scale

https://old.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1lnapew/all_rocket_launches_in_2025_so_far/
1•nomilk•35m ago•0 comments

ChatGPT creates phisher's paradise by recommending the wrong URLs

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_phishing_websites/
1•chrisjj•35m ago•2 comments

Nintendo locked down the Switch 2's USB-C port and broke third-party docking

https://www.theverge.com/report/695915/switch-2-usb-c-third-party-docks-dont-work-authentication-encryption
1•01-_-•42m ago•0 comments

Takens Embedding Theorem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takens%27s_theorem
1•niemandhier•44m ago•1 comments

Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook with an iPhone processor

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-reportedly-working-on-a-cheaper-macbook-with-an-iphone-processor-why-that-makes-sense-to-do/
3•01-_-•45m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Managing VectorDB via Natural Language

https://github.com/zilliztech/zilliz-mcp-server
1•Fendy•47m ago•0 comments

The Koka Programming Language

https://koka-lang.github.io/koka/doc/index.html
1•ColinWright•53m ago•0 comments

Show HN: VDBbench 1.0: open-source benchmarking for VectorDBs

https://github.com/zilliztech/VectorDBBench
1•Fendy•53m ago•0 comments

Monkeys, typewriters, and busy beavers

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/monkeys-typewriters-and-busy-beavers
1•rbanffy•54m ago•0 comments

Why Are SaaS Boilerplates Still This Expensive? So I Built My Own

2•Shreyan19•54m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Why not more sales from the same traffic?

https://scancx.com/
1•aswinsil•55m ago•0 comments

Frictionless Effect: Why Brave, Cursor and other "Baked-In" tools keep winning

https://lemurfur.substack.com/p/the-frictionless-effect
1•kingraphaii•56m ago•1 comments

This Week in Rust 606

https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/07/02/this-week-in-rust-606/
1•amalinovic•56m ago•0 comments