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I believe that would put apple in an awkward position because they also offer an ad platform to developers. This would put them in a situation similar to adbloc
by Matt3o12_ 8y ago
I believe that would put apple in an awkward position because they also offer an ad platform to developers. This would put them in a situation similar to adblock plus where they allow a few websites to use ads (mostly if they are paid money in exchange and they don't seem to flashy/annoying).
I believe Apple would rather avoid such a position for themselves (especially considering that this might not even be legal -- Adblock has already has a legal battle in Germany over the conflict of interest which they have won but might lose in other jurisdictions).
What I would really like is a proper ad blocker. The ones available in Safari are not really good. They seem to be only using a blacklist and cannot have well defined rules like uBlock origin.
- mtgx 8y agoWhat's interesting about Apple's strategy is that after blocking or helping users to block all ad tracking, they are going to make their own "privacy-friendly" ad tracking unblockable, which will give it an advantage over other ad networks serving ads on iOS devices.
- twsted 8y agoWe must be extremely vigilant about this. I hope they stay out of any ad businesses.
- yellow_postit 8y agoToo late: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-looks-to-expand-advertising-business-with-new-network-for-apps-1527869990 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-looks-to-expand-advertisi...
- givinguflac 8y agoAdBlock by FutureMind allows custom rules and lists.
- Rjevski 8y ago1Blocker allows it too.