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Status: Available
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OS: iOS
Pri: 2
Type: Feature



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Add WebKit Content Blockers API support

Reported by glauberl...@gmail.com, Aug 22 2017

Issue description

Steps to reproduce the problem:
Hi, everyone.

Within the release of iOS 9, Apple introduced a handy Safari feature called Content Blockers[1][2], which is essentially an API for content blocking (bad ads, images, scripts, entire site and so on).

For the upcoming iOS 11 Apple is taking down the local VPN based Ad Blockers[3], so every current solution relying on this scheme will stop working and will be forced to switch to the Content Blockers API, which is a good thing if you ask me.

Since my digital life runs on a Chromium-based browser - Chrome, despite the fact I have switched to an iPhone SE, I'd like to see Chromium supporting this feature so I will be able to continue blocking bad sites and bad advertisements.

You can find attached a screenshot from Safari Settings which I have had enabled a third-party content blocking. Having this on Chrome would be great!

Thanks in advance.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2015/511/
[2] https://webkit.org/blog/3476/content-blockers-first-look/
[3] https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/15/apple-reportedly-shifts-app-store-policy-to-stop-adblockers-outside-of-safari/

What is the expected behavior?
End-user should be able to add content blocking filters.

What went wrong?
Not applicable since it's a feature request.

Did this work before? N/A 

Chrome version: 60.0.3112.101  Channel: stable
OS Version: 10.0
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Cc: eugene...@chromium.org
Components: Mobile>WebView>Glue
Owner: mard...@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Unconfirmed)
Mardini, is this a feature that we have planned to work on?
Issue 739839 has been merged into this issue.
While this is certainly a useful feature to have, we are currently unable to prioritize given the other tasks on our roadmap. 
Status: Available (was: Assigned)
Owner: ----
Components: -Mobile>WebView>Glue UI>Browser>AdFilter

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