Matisyahu's Blog

uBlock Origin Lite now has an official beta available through Apple’s testflight service (link), both macOS and iOS are being targeted – it’ll be interesting to see whether the short comings in Safari will be addressed because ultimately the effectiveness will be very much dependent on Apple getting Safari issues addressed (link). There was the release of Safari Technology Preview 219 (link) and there are two fixes for Web Extensions but the question is how promptly will those fixes make their way into the mainstream release of Safari – the problem is that many of the bugs that need to be addressed have been open for over 2 years which doesn’t leave me very hopeful that they’ll get fixed given that if they haven’t been fixed in 2 years then I don’t think they’ll get fixed anytime soon. I do hope that maybe we’ll see some changes that Apple have been holding back for Safari 19 – sometimes Apple likes to keep it’s cards close to its chest so sometimes they’ll work on something internally, announce it then merge it all in one go rather than piece by piece.

It reminds me of Skype not being 100% compatible with Firefox, I whined and complained about it but it turns out the reason why nothing was done was because Skype was being shut down so why invest money into something to make it compatible if you’re going to get rid of it anyway. So I guess there is the hint of optimism that maybe something is happening behind the scenes and when there is a big announcement it’ll be one of those situations of “ah, now it all makes sense”.

I’ve updated my work PC to the May 2025 monthly update – everything is working perfectly which makes me wonder whether a) I’m the luckiest man on earth given the number of people who routinely complain about ‘buggy Windows 11 updates’ on Reddit or b) I don’t stuff around with my computer by downloading tweakers, optimisers and other third party crap that cause unintended problems but rather than being admit that they’re the one causing the problem they blame Windows or Microsoft instead.