but I'm surprised Gruber didn't further emphasize the fact that Battelle runs an ad network Everyone has an agenda. Gruber is an very pro-Apple/anti-Google adv

but I'm surprised Gruber didn't further emphasize the fact that Battelle runs an ad network Everyone has an agenda. Gruber is an very pro-Apple/anti-Google advocate. He could also be credibly classified as anti-web (where the argument suits his prior agenda. As I'm sure many will call shenanigans, I could happily reference at least a dozen examples of his misinformed anti-web sentiment). Did Gruber declare any of that in his observations? Did the submitter? Given that Mozilla claims they "fight for the users," is there a reason Firefox doesn't also default to only allowing first-party cookies? To most people the benefit of third-party cookies outweighs the detriments. Outside of the functional benefits, the economic foundation of most of the content that people rely upon depends upon third-party cookies. Firefox isn't an irrational group. They realize that undermining the platform doesn't do much for their users. Apple, on the other hand, has no advantage helping the economic cause of the web as a whole. Quite the opposite, in fact. Which is how they chose a default that is contrary to every other web vendor. If you want to monetize users you'll just need to wrap that HTML up into a WebView and submit it to the app store -- be sure to add some iAd support.