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) There’s no stunningly obvious conflict of interest leading to the conclusion that Apple is undermining ad blockers in order to protect their ad sales business
by msbarnett 7y ago
) There’s no stunningly obvious conflict of interest leading to the conclusion that Apple is undermining ad blockers in order to protect their ad sales business.
2) Safari’s API is less restrictive than Chrome’s proposal. Rules can be updated dynamically instead of requiring resubmitting the extension for approval, for instance.
3) Market share is materially relevant to level of concern. What the mouse does is less concerning than what the 800 lb Gorilla does.
- jzl 7y agoYep. Safari desktop market share is less than 4%. Also Safari does a lot of tracking and cookie prevention out of the box: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16308138/apple-safari-11-advertiser-groups-cookie-tracking-letter https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16308138/apple-safari-11-...