I'm not sure if this is also just a re-skin of Safari on iOS but at least it had some built-in adblocking. I had a friend recommend the Brave Browser. This would basically make the iPad unusable for Web Browsing. Many of the ads aren't just annoying but also deliberately misleading, like when you go to a page to download something, every ad will say 'Click Here to Download!' even though none of those ads have anything to do with the actual file you were trying to download, etc. Makes many pages look like a Las Vegas casino with flashing lights everywhere. I had almost forgot how bad some pages look without an ad blocker. I was able to find Firefox on the Apple App store but apparently it's just a re-skin of Safari? Firefox extensions don't work, and Safari extensions don't work on Firefox either. I use Firefox + uBlock Origin on all of my Windows and Android devices, and I like it quite a bit. The biggest hurdle I've come across so far has been the browser. The iPad updated to iOS 16 and seems like a solid device. I'm not a huge Apple fan in general, mainly due to the closed ecosystem, but as an IT guy, I get asked questions about apple devices from time to time and I wanted needed some more first-hand experience with iOS. This is my first iOS device in a long time.

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