#Adguard pro apple id pro

We will not take down or change the AdGuard Pro functionality in coming months.Now we finally have enough time for them. There is a huge list of things we were delaying in favor of the network-level features. We will concentrate on the Safari content blocking API now.What's worse is whatever we do, this guideline can be used against us again to force us to remove any network-level functionality. What we will do nowĪll the time we spent debugging the mysterious VPN API issues and improving the DNS filtering functionality, and now it's all for nothing. I hope they won't, though, and the whole point of this is to get rid of known ad blockers. I can name A LOT of cool apps which can be affected by this change and can be taken down any time: Charles Proxy, DNSCloak, etc, etc. For example, the HomeKit framework should provide home automation services and HealthKit should be used for health and fitness purposes and integrate with the Health app.īasically, this guideline makes it impossible to use the VPN API for any purpose different from establishing a real VPN connection.

Apps should use APIs and frameworks for their intended purposes and indicate that integration in their app description. Keep your apps up-to-date and make sure you phase out any deprecated features, frameworks or technologies that will no longer be supported in future versions of an OS. Here is the relevant excerpt from the guidelines:Ģ.5.1 Apps may only use public APIs and must run on the currently shipping OS. There is a configurable blacklist where you can put any domain after all. However, it's hard to argue, that it is possible to configure it to block anything you want including ads, tracking or whatever. Moreover, it is advertised nowhere that it can. Your app uses a VPN profile or root certificate to block ads or other content in a third-party app, which is not allowed on the App Store. Guideline 2.5.1 - Performance - Software Requirements Therefore, this Apple's policy has absolutely nothing to do with security or privacy. The code of AdGuard Pro is open and available on Github.

Instead, it uses a public API ( NEPacketTunnelProvider) to configure a local VPN tunnel and intercept the outgoing DNS requests.

#Adguard pro apple id install

It does NOT install any profile or certificate. I'd like to address a popular concern that I often see on the internet. IMPORTANT NOTE for those who are not too familiar with AdGuard Pro. It appears that what we did after the previous crackdown is not enough, and they want us to remove everything that can be potentially used for blocking tracking and ads outside of Safari.

#Adguard pro apple id update

Long story short, Apple didn't allow us to push a new update to the App Store. Ad blockers have almost conquered the desktop browsers, but corporations don't want it to happen in their walled gardens, and protect them fiercely. Google, Apple, Amazon and now Apple again.