# Firefox Ad Blocker for iOS

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Firefox Ad Blocker for iOS and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Built-in ad blocker in Firefox for iOS that people praise as user-focused, though it misses YouTube and search ads and critics say it needs telemetry.

## Why people recommend it

- Should be standard on all platforms (2 comments): "This should be standard on ALL Firefox on all systems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533808)) "Great news! This should be done for all platforms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49326754))
- User-focused feature from Firefox (2 comments): "This is the sort of user focused feature you add when you take the phrase "user agent" seriously." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524415)) "I think this a great development" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49534294))

## What people warn about

- Misses YouTube and search ads (5 comments): "Doesn’t seem to block youtube-ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526410)) "isn’t affected by Firefox’s insistence to not block Google Ads or their own" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527065)) "Or search engine ads, natch. My eyes rolled out of my head." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49531271))
- Requires Mozilla telemetry to use (2 comments): "this is neither generally available, nor can you use it without enabling telemetry" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522996)) "Apparently, you can only block ads if you allow Mozilla telemetry." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522913))
- Staged rollout, option disappeared (2 comments): "If you're going to announce something, then don't stage the rollout." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522966)) "after a few days the option disappeared" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527443))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [uBlock Origin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin.md): 765 recommend
- [uBlock Origin Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin-lite.md): 148 recommend
- [AdGuard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adguard.md): 78 recommend
- [Wipr 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wipr.md): 41 recommend
- [uBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Firefox Ad Blocker for iOS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ad-blocker-for-firefox-on-ios/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).