XStylus

Assuming you're not a blatant liar, and you were ACTUALLY going to switch from an iPhone from an S5 (massive assumption) instead of just simply shitty trolling, enjoy your Galaxy S5. Let's just ignore the elephant in the room too, which is that you choose to instead use an OS from a company that only exists because of ad revenue, and doesn't give a fuck about your privacy and security. Your little screed is laughable. 

I'm guessing you don't actually care about privacy or security either- all you care about is stripping away ads from free ad supported apps, in which ads are the only way the developer can support themselves, instead of actually paying a pittance to remove the ads legitimately. At the end of the day, 99% of Android users who vehemently champion "open" and bash iOS only do so because they're thieves and enjoy side-loading paid apps at no cost, not because they have any real principles. And you obviously fall within this category, seeing as how you want to have your cake (no ads ever in apps) and eat it too (you don't want to pay for anything). How is a developer supposed to support himself if they can't show a single ad, and you don't pay them a single cent? People like you is how the entire industry gets screwed and developers don't make a dime. So spare us your sanctimonious bullshit, because that's all it is. 

Guess I should acknowledge a mistake on my part here -- Saying something harshly negative about a product on a chat forum focused around that product, and doing so as one's first post. Mea culpa.

Anyway, your bit about an "OS from a company that only exists because of ad revenue, and doesn't give a fuck about your privacy and security" is indeed quite right. Which, ergo, is why I'm still on an S5. It's the last Android that's easily rootable (no need for pseudo-VPNs if you got root), and I have it firewalled and adblocked within an inch of its life. Also, yay removable battery. However, newer Android phones are becoming much more locked down, and pretty much *all* phones are doing away with removable batteries, sadly. So, I decided that I should concede to the inevitable and explore ways of doing what I need to do without root ability (such as shunting all network traffic via a pseudo-VPN firewall instead), and also since my primary machine is a Mac, I figured it was probably time to jump ship. Though since Apple is now taking even that bit of control away, I'll pass. And so upsetting was that to me that I made my post here.

As for the stripping of ads from apps, you're damn right I do. Guilty as charged and not the least bit sorry, so visceral is my hatred for ads. And that hatred extends to being completely willing to plunk down a dollar or two for the paid app just to get rid of the ads, though I've often found several paid apps (on Android, mind you) that still do some form of communication to the net even though they have no business doing so. So my trust even for the paid apps is rather low. Therefore, I want my adblock and firewall.

osmartormenajr said:
Good riddance to you and your toy phone. Come back when you grow up. Or are you just a troll that is being willfully obtuse?

Much (if not all) of the app functionality will be built-in to Safari now. Besides, most of the ad blockers are scams, receiving kickbacks from advertisers that wish to be white listed.

Setting your unwarranted insult aside, it's equally as much about privacy as it is about sanity and calm. The content blocking in Safari is just that -- it's for Safari only. It won't allow me to control what various apps on my phone are doing, such as a calculator app or alarm clock app sending/receiving data from the internet when it has no business to, or apps that have trackers or other means of trying to monetize my usage. So pardon me, I'd like to think my disgust is rather justified.