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Thanks for the example, that's a great demonstration! The context is that an entity that does not give a crap about making ad blocking hard (Apple) believes th

by jsnell 3y ago

Thanks for the example, that's a great demonstration! The context is that an entity that does not give a crap about making ad blocking hard (Apple) believes that this is the best design for content blocking extensions. They have no ulterior motive, it's just obviously the right technical design.

lapcat 3y ago
> They have no ulterior motive "Alphabet pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, Sundar Pichai confirms" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/google-pays-apple-36percent-of-safari-search-revenue-sundar-pichai.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/google-pays-apple-36percent-... > it's just obviously the right technical design. Setting aside the question of motives, Safari engineers designed their content blocking system (1) without any actual experience in developing ad blocking extensions and (2) without consulting the developers who do have such experience. Moreover, ad blocking extension developers are practically unanimous in saying that Safari content blockers are inferior and not obviously the right technical design.