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So did you post this to show how ridiculous it was, back when it was posted in 2010? Some may say, sure it seems ridiculous now in hindsight, but I say, from my

So did you post this to show how ridiculous it was, back when it was posted in 2010? Some may say, sure it seems ridiculous now in hindsight, but I say, from my Apple-hater perspective, that it was always ridiculous. Further recent data just proves it to be so, with Safari still sitting at around 4% market share as it has for some time (S4 + S5) http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/06/17/report-the-most-common-web-browsers-and-browser-versions-today/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/06/17/report-the-most-common-w...

pajju 15y ago
This is a native feature in iOS5. Also not all are running the latest iOS5. This move is a kill for the real estate of the web - the publishers. Exposing READER feature in the browser means users are going to disable all ads in iphone and ipads in iOS5. Knowing this great feature I used yesterday in my iPhone, I now install the Reader addon for my Firefox; say Adblocker in Firefox. The publishers run the web with the content. There was a time when content was the king. Now, Platform is the king. It's a platform war.