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diff --git a/‎platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js
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diff --git a/‎platform/mv3/extension/js/config.js
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diff --git a/‎platform/mv3/extension/js/ext.js
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@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import {
     browser,
     localRead, localRemove, localWrite,
     runtime,
+    webextFlavor,
 } from './ext.js';
 
 import {
@@ -106,6 +107,18 @@ function getCurrentVersion() {
     return runtime.getManifest().version;
 }
 
+// The goal is just to be able to find out whether a specific version is older
+// than another one.
+
+function intFromVersion(version) {
+    const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/.exec(version);
+    if ( match === null ) { return 0; }
+    const year = parseInt(match[1], 10);
+    const monthday = parseInt(match[2], 10);
+    const min = parseInt(match[3], 10);
+    return (year - 2022) * (1232 * 2400) + monthday * 2400 + min;
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 async function onPermissionsRemoved() {
@@ -542,6 +555,13 @@ async function startSession() {
     // obsolete ruleset to remove.
     if ( isNewVersion ) {
         ubolLog(`Version change: ${rulesetConfig.version} => ${currentVersion}`);
+        // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/428#issuecomment-3172663563
+        if ( webextFlavor === 'safari' && rulesetConfig.strictBlockMode ) {
+            const before = intFromVersion(rulesetConfig.version);
+            if ( before <= intFromVersion('2025.804.2359') ) {
+                rulesetConfig.strictBlockMode = false;
+            }
+        }
         rulesetConfig.version = currentVersion;
         await patchDefaultRulesets();
         saveRulesetConfig();
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import {
     localRead, localWrite,
     sessionRead, sessionWrite,
+    webextFlavor,
 } from './ext.js';
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export const rulesetConfig = {
     enabledRulesets: [],
     autoReload: true,
     showBlockedCount: true,
-    strictBlockMode: true,
+    strictBlockMode: webextFlavor !== 'safari',
     developerMode: false,
     hasBroadHostPermissions: true,
 };
 
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ export const browser = webext;
 export const i18n = browser.i18n;
 export const runtime = browser.runtime;
 
+export const webextFlavor = (( ) => {
+    const extURL = runtime.getURL('');
+    if ( extURL.startsWith('safari-web-extension:') ) { return 'safari'; }
+    return extURL.startsWith('moz-extension:') ? 'firefox' : 'chromium';
+})();
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 // The extension's service worker can be evicted at any time, so when we