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True but competition means browsers will start to incorporate more and more blockers by default. My original post was inspired by this news: https://www.macrum
by senttoschool 3y ago
True but competition means browsers will start to incorporate more and more blockers by default.
My original post was inspired by this news: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/17/safari-link-tracking-protection/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/17/safari-link-tracking-pr...
Apple has been shipping more and more "privacy-focused" Safari features. They're basically making it harder and harder to have a viable ads-driven internet business.
Apple stops one step short of outright blocking all ads on Safari. But of course, even on iOS/iPadOS, it's extremely easy to add an adblocker to Safari.
Apple has an intrinsic reason to try to kill the ads-model because they have the Appstore and they want businesses to convert to a subscription model so they can get 30% cut.
That said, given that Google is ads driven and they control Chrome, they won't ever try to kill themselves.
- Dah00n 3y agoThe cynic (and economist) in me firmly believes Apple does this to hurt their biggest competitor but I guess without board meeting access it is mostly semantics as the outcome is the same.
- senttoschool 3y agoWithout a doubt. It kills 2 birds with one stone. Every time they announce new "privacy" features, they hurt ads-driven businesses, boost subscription businesses, while they look more consumer friendly to both users and regulators. I'm not complaining. It's just an observation. I'm actually a huge Apple user and own their stock.