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    1BLOCKER 3: SAFARI EXTENSION REVAMPS ITS CONTENT-BLOCKING FOR MACOS CATALINA

    Mar 17, 2020 5 minutes
    BY GLENN FLEISHMAN

    Apple introduced content-blocking Safari extensions in 2015 for iOS and 2016 for macOS, offering third-party developers a way to bring rule-based blocking without requiring users to give up privacy. Extension creators can produce and update unwanted lists of URLs, structural page elements, and a few other kinds of items that are unwanted or outright malicious. These lists are loaded into Safari, which handles blocking. User behavior isn’t uploaded—it’s a one-way street.

    1Blocker was one of the first to enter this market, producing an app that paired with extensions for flexible control. 1Blocker 3 is an overhaul of the macOS app, intended to provide a simpler interface for users who don’t want to dig into rules and to meet new extension requirements set by Apple for the latest release of Safari.

    The result is a tool that you can essentially set and forget. However, in this

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