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There’s no double standard. Everyone hates Safari for this too… all the 500 users of it. Of course you’ll hear a lot more noise from the users of the browser w

There’s no double standard. Everyone hates Safari for this too… all the 500 users of it. Of course you’ll hear a lot more noise from the users of the browser with the larger share by a wide margin.

jzl 7y ago
Exactly. The whole point of this HN post is that people are annoyed and upset about Safari doing this. Ultimately this and Chrome's potential upcoming changes have driven me back to using Firefox almost exclusively.
- tssva 7y ago
  Mozilla's statement regarding Manifest V3 hints that Mozilla is likely to follow the same path at a later date. They face the same security and privacy issues surrounding plugins that have driven Apple and Google to make the changes they have.
  - p4t44 7y ago
    > We have no immediate plans to remove blocking webRequest and are working with add-on developers to gain a better understanding of how they use the APIs in question to help determine how to best support them. I don't take from that they will apply it in the future, just they don't want to rule anything out. source: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google-in-limiting-apis-in-coming-extensions-manifest-v3/ https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google...
Account123481-x 7y ago
bah a demon of stupidity needs to exercised here.
adwi 7y ago
Estimates for Safari marketshare range from 15.15 - 24.9% across all platforms [0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
- JohnTHaller 7y ago
  I think they're talking about Desktop market share where Safari has very small usage.
- airstrike 7y ago
  A better sentence: the median estimate for Safari's desktop market share is 5.12%
  - bduerst 7y ago
    >desktop Why does narrowing it to desktop devices matter?
    - airstrike 7y ago
      HMU when you install uBlock Origin on your iOS version of Chrome
      - bduerst 7y ago
        I don't have iOS so i'll take your word for it.
    - ripdog 7y ago
      Because Apple doesn't allow any other browser engines on iOS. iOS users are shackled to Webkit, and are unable to make a choice.
- deleted 7y ago
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- reaperducer 7y ago
  Interesting. I see about the same on the web sites that I build. I assumed it was just a fluke because I'm in the healthcare space, and that means lots of iPads and doctors rocking the latest iOS gear. I guess not.
- godzillabrennus 7y ago

jzl 7y ago

Exactly. The whole point of this HN post is that people are annoyed and upset about Safari doing this. Ultimately this and Chrome's potential upcoming changes have driven me back to using Firefox almost exclusively.

tssva 7y ago
Mozilla's statement regarding Manifest V3 hints that Mozilla is likely to follow the same path at a later date. They face the same security and privacy issues surrounding plugins that have driven Apple and Google to make the changes they have.
- p4t44 7y ago
  > We have no immediate plans to remove blocking webRequest and are working with add-on developers to gain a better understanding of how they use the APIs in question to help determine how to best support them. I don't take from that they will apply it in the future, just they don't want to rule anything out. source: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google-in-limiting-apis-in-coming-extensions-manifest-v3/ https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google...

Account123481-x 7y ago

bah a demon of stupidity needs to exercised here.

adwi 7y ago

Estimates for Safari marketshare range from 15.15 - 24.9% across all platforms [0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

JohnTHaller 7y ago
I think they're talking about Desktop market share where Safari has very small usage.
airstrike 7y ago
A better sentence: the median estimate for Safari's desktop market share is 5.12%
- bduerst 7y ago
  >desktop Why does narrowing it to desktop devices matter?
  - airstrike 7y ago
    HMU when you install uBlock Origin on your iOS version of Chrome
    - bduerst 7y ago
      I don't have iOS so i'll take your word for it.
  - ripdog 7y ago
    Because Apple doesn't allow any other browser engines on iOS. iOS users are shackled to Webkit, and are unable to make a choice.
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reaperducer 7y ago
Interesting. I see about the same on the web sites that I build. I assumed it was just a fluke because I'm in the healthcare space, and that means lots of iPads and doctors rocking the latest iOS gear. I guess not.
godzillabrennus 7y ago