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I don’t have a lot of hopes that this will satisfy my needs. I just want these extensions in Safari, to start with:

* uBlock Origin (confirmed as of now as not supported, and unlikely to be supported in the future either, with content blocking handled at the browser engine level)

* Privacy Possum or Privacy Badger

* Session Buddy or some good Session saving extension

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More info on uBlock Origin in safari: https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/hdz0bo/_/fvoc7wk/...

I’ve resisted upgrading to Catalina because of the missing UBlock Origin support.

Does anyone know of a tool to migrate open Safari tabs to Firefox?

You can bookmark open tabs to a folder.

On Firefox, Open All in Tabs

I'm with you. I switched from Safari being my main browser, which I did love, to Chrome and then to Firefox. I cannot use a browser without uBlock Origin.

Seriously. Not being able to block ads with Safari makes an automatic no-go for me. Even if they make their own built-in ad blocker, you can bet they'll let companies pay to become "platinum sponsors". No thanks.

> Not being able to block ads with Safari makes an automatic no-go for me

I actually turned it into a very specific use-case: when I need to be tracked for cashback/referral purposes on big purchases, I use Safari. Everything else goes on Firefox.

It's a bit ironic to use Apple software when I want less privacy, after all their spiel.

I've been happy with Wipr on macOS and 1Blocker on iOS for years. In fact I think you can just use 1Blocker in both platforms now. Neither is as "good" as uBlock Origin but I don't really care.

I believe Wipr works on both iOS and macOS. I'm also a happy Wipr user.

The full app extension apis do let you do that (based on my installed as blocker), there’s just a bunch if restrictions that apply to those extensions to prevent arbitrary content manipulation (iirc).

Of course you can get ad blockers for Safari, for Mac and iOS.

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