Show HN: Antelope, free iOS adblocker

by mattkrisiloff • 11 years ago

25 16 11 years ago

Hey, project creator here -- been working on this with some friends as a side project. It's a free, open-source adblocker, and it's based on EasyList / EasyPrivacy. It doesn't have 'acceptable ads.'

Hoping to add user-controlled whitelisting soon. Would love feedback on app design / setup flow / any constructive thoughts!

javierprovecho• 11 years ago

easy and simple! good job.

suggestion: you could add a identificator for blocklist version, in case you plan to introduce updates outside the app store. (like crystal)

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

Good idea, will do -- thanks!

sjestus• 11 years ago

On step 4 of the intro, it says "Click content blockers," when it should say "tap content blockers."

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

Thanks, good change.

unicornporn• 11 years ago

Cool! Anything that makes it different from http://adblockfast.com ?

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

It's a different block list -- they wrote their own, this one is based on open-source Easylist / Easyprivacy.

I'm honestly not sure which blocklist is better between mine and Adblock Fast's. If you have feedback, would love to hear.

peterloron• 11 years ago

@mattkrisiloff -- What makes this different/better than Crystal? Thanks.

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

It's free / open-source is the main thing. No 'acceptable ads' either.

Crystal costs $1, and they're paid money by Adblock Plus to pass some ads through.

stephenr2• 11 years ago

Does/will this a) have a companion safari extension for OS X and b) sync it's settings via iCloud?

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

a) Probably not -- I'm a Chrome user on desktop, and uBlock works sufficiently for me.

b) That's a good feature idea! Thanks.

stephenr2• 11 years ago

Well now that I've installed it and see it has no settings, b) seems somewhat irrelevant..

wingerlang• 11 years ago

Nice demo. And nice touch to mention the cache, which was on my mind.

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

Thanks!

an4rchy• 11 years ago

Simple and clean!

Also, the video/animation for load time is hard to compare, it would be great to see them side by side or see actual numbers.

mattkrisiloff8• 11 years ago

That makes sense -- good point.

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