![]() ![]() How did Better’s Do Not Block list work?ĭomains (URLs) could be added to Better’s Do Not Block list to disable Better when you were visiting that domain in Safari. You did not need to update the app to get the latest blocking rules, but we included the latest blocking rules with every app update. This was why we recommended that people using the Mac app set the app to open at login and keep it open in the background while they were using their Mac. The blocking rules were frequently updated, and you only needed to open the app to get them. How did I get Better’s latest blocking rules? See How did I know if Better is blocking trackers on a particular site? for details. You could also see if Better was blocking trackers on a particular site using Safari’s Developer tools. (In all the years that Better was alive, Apple never gave us a better way to do this.) If you don’t see a large advert, then Better was working. If you saw a large advert below the navigation (see below) then Better was disabled. The quickest way see if Better was working, was to go to. Some people said they only noticed how well Better worked when they switched it off! The majority of the trackers that Better blocked did not have a visible presence on a web page, though Better did make web pages load faster. How did people know if Better was working? The Deck network, the winner of our first Cloud of Fame award, exemplified this (and also died tragically a few years ago). Respectful ads respect human rights, human effort, and human experience. This was our only blocking criteria, advertisers couldn’t pay us to compromise our integrity and unblock them.īetter did not block respectful ads. We used the principles of Ethical Design to decide what should be blocked. It worked in Safari and in apps that used the new Safari component to display web content.īetter used our own list of blocking rules, curated and maintained by Small Technology Foundation. ![]() Yay, free and open source.) How did Better work?īetter was a native content blocker. Or, if you had the technical knowledge and wanted to play, you could clone the source repository, run the install script, and build it for yourself. In the past, you could download Better on the App Store and download Better for Mac on the Mac App Store. The oldest devices that Better ran on were the iPhone 5S, iPod touch 6, iPad Air, and iPad mini 2.īetter did not run on the iPhone 5 or the iPad Mini 1 which were the last of their line to have 32-bit processors. Better for Mac ran on any Mac with a 64-bit processor running macOS 10.11 or later. Could my device have run Better?īetter worked on any iOS device with a 64-bit processor running iOS 11 and above. You could download the Better apps from the App Store and Mac App Store.īetter did not block ads in Chrome, Firefox, or other third-party browsers on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It protected you from behavioural ads and companies that track you on the web. What was Better?īetter was a privacy tool for Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This is why we recommend you switch to using a different blocker ( we recommend 1Blocker) at your earliest convenience. We’re not sure what will happen to installed apps once we close our Apple developer account (which we plan to do at the end of the year).There will no longer be any app updates (and the app might break with new versions of the operating systems).There will no longer be any blocking rule updates.It should continue to function using the rules it has. We have removed the apps from sale but that should not affect you if you have Better installed. To take advantage of this offer, please contact Alex via email at or on Twitter at Will Better stop working on my device? ![]() Salavat has kindly offered 3-months free to anyone switching from Better to 1Blocker and he will be donating 30% of all revenue from those accounts to Small Technology Foundation on a monthly basis to help fund our work. If you’re looking for an alternative, we recommend 1Blocker by Salavat and Alex. Yes, sadly Better passed away on December 15th, 2021. Will you make Better for other platforms?.Did Better work with Safari’s Private Browsing Mode?.Did Better work with VPNs (Virtual Private Networks.How did Better’s Do Not Block list work?.How did I get Better’s latest blocking rules?.How did people know if Better was working?.We’re always happy to hear from you by email at on our Mastodon, and on Twitter at Frequently-Asked Questions ![]()
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