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I don’t think they would add a default adblocker to Safari. You can’t use any other browser engines, and a system wide ad blocker would seem pretty anti-competi
by leodriesch 5y ago
I don’t think they would add a default adblocker to Safari. You can’t use any other browser engines, and a system wide ad blocker would seem pretty anti-competitive.
- alkonaut 5y agoAsking the user yes/no on first start would be easy. Then it’s opt-in. They stopped tracking by default in safari which is similar.
- inetknght 5y ago> a system wide ad blocker would seem pretty anti-competitive. Only to advertisement agencies. And they can go cry up a river.
- rchaud 5y agoYou make it sound like Apple doesn't have a search and mobile advertising arm. https://searchads.apple.com/ https://searchads.apple.com/
- Nextgrid 5y agoBy your same logic, a secure operating system would be anti-competitive against malware authors, gas and/or electric heating would be anti-competitive against chimney sweeps, and electric cards would be anti-competitive against oil companies.
- foerbert 5y agoHow so? Apple isn't in the ad business, are they? Now if Google were to do something like add a default adblocker that blocked all non-Google ads... yeah, that'd be anti-competitive. But if Apple isn't even competing, how can it be anti-competitive?