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The quick answer: American tech journalists. Their audiences are the most likely to run iOS and know how to use an ad blocker. They're terrified, they write a
by TillE 11y ago
The quick answer: American tech journalists. Their audiences are the most likely to run iOS and know how to use an ad blocker.
They're terrified, they write a bunch of articles, and it spreads around a little. I'd be really interested to see some data over the next few weeks, so we can determine whether their fears were justified.
- benihana 11y agoAfter reading your response it occurs to me that they're streisand effecting themselves. If they'd have just shut up, most people wouldn't even be aware of the adblocking capabilities in iOS 9. Each article they write brings more attention to the thing they're afraid is going to bury them.
- user_666 11y agoVery much so, yes.
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- digi_owl 11y agoIts more general than that. Media production in general, and the tech press included, seem to be married to Apple as their tech supplier. So when Apple do something it is suddenly new, even though it has been going on for years or even decades in the larger tech sphere. Never mind that as the western world has been in a slump for nearly a decade, companies has started to reevaluate their spending. And in the process has come to question the impact web ads have.
- Khaine 11y agoThe whole thing is really being pushed hard by outlets like the verge, and frankly nothing of value would be lost if that site dissapeared