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by happybuy 8y ago
This illustrates why all of those stories[1] about why Apple can't manufacture in the USA are relatively hollow. Apple doesn't manufacture in the US as they are not forced to manufacture in the US. If they were, they'd make i
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by happybuy 8y ago
It may be used in a pre-loading technique but I doubt it generally is and JS could be used just as effectively. As a maker of a popular Safari ad and content blocker, I was looking to implement a quick fix rule that would strip ping attribu
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Google’s attempts to undermine adblockers(magiclasso.co)
20 points by happybuy 8y ago|5 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
Sounds like Google will still move towards what they were planning but will likely just take a bit more time and more versions to get there (as the outrage subsides). From my perspective, the biggest improvement in their proposal would have
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by happybuy 8y ago
Which they’ve had since before Angela came on-board and will continue to have long after she has left.
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by happybuy 8y ago
The town square “gathering places” notion isn’t a bad concept to have for a retail operation to adopt for their internal vision. It’s fine and really just a rip-off of Starbuck’s “third place” (which was around long before Apple used it for
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by happybuy 8y ago
This is likely a firing as Apple Retail has been practically treading water since Angela came on board. She failed to address the major issues with Apple's retail offering including: - Failure to be a growth engine for the company. Ori
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by happybuy 8y ago
All the signs indicate that Netflix has become a user hostile company that is prioritising ongoing user engagement and stickiness over their users needs. It's starting to remind me of another company which at one point in their evoluti
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Google's Proposed Changes to Chrome Could Weaken Ad Blockers(wired.com)
3 points by happybuy 8y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
Actually the quote from 1Blocker: > Sadly, there's no technical way to request just this functionality from the system, so we have to request full access to webpage content (which may include your sensitive information) is incorrect
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by happybuy 8y ago
Many similar concerns were raised when the Safari API changed, in this case some of the specific limitations and concerns re the declarativeNetRequest approach may be valid – if so, I'd hope that the Chromium team take them on board an
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by happybuy 8y ago
To defend Google a bit, it looks like the change is being put in place so that users would have more privacy – by stopping extensions accessing all active URLs. In essence they are copying what Apple did with Safari and their content blocki
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Ask HN: What are your experiences of App Store optimisation?
1 points by happybuy 8y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
> The only thing preventing me from switching to a Pixel, which I've heard takes a staunchly anti-crapware stance, is the lack of a headphone jack. Sorry to be pessimistic but if you're complaining about the fact that a Samsung
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by happybuy 8y ago
> There's no touchpad Yet... with many of the Apple technorati asking for one and saying it's a necessary next step. > in iOS every action is accounted for and proper permission is enforced Yes, so this is the Mac with a mor
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by happybuy 8y ago
UI experiments like this show that what a lot of pro users want for iOS on the iPad is for it to become a Mac. Maybe a Mac with a touch UI mode and a more modern architecture, that is cleaner and has a more restrictive security model - but
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by happybuy 8y ago
I don’t think it’s an issue... in my experience the most hostility has come from established Adblock companies (e.g. Adblock Plus / EyeO) as opposed to advertising companies.
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by happybuy 8y ago
I started https://www.magiclasso.co/ which is a privacy focused ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. After spending hundreds of hours developing the app, this year I added optional Pro features to support and enable ong
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by happybuy 8y ago
Apple managed to get people happy to wear a computer on their body for most of their waking hours. Even 10 years ago such a thing would have been considered far fetched. They called this computer a watch so that people had a shortcut to thi
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by happybuy 8y ago
Apple as the world's leading health tech company is currently underrated and not widely thought about. Despite a confused and unfocused introduction, the genesis of the Apple Watch came about when Steve Jobs was ill and had to experien
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by happybuy 8y ago
> Who do these fools think they were representing? The US government and their agenda to spread similar laws in their country and across the world. Labor was always on board with the core of the legislation; likely as they were aware of
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by happybuy 8y ago
App Store blockers can be and in some cases are as efficient as uBlock Origin. Many are likely more efficient as the blocking is implemented directly by Safari using optimised content blocking rules that are executed by native code (as oppo
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by happybuy 8y ago
The reason these APIs are being removed are to improve the privacy of users. Apple recommends all adblock extensions now use the content blocking API which is superior from a user privacy perspective. When using the content blocker apis, th
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by happybuy 8y ago
> Once you have a slate of bad reviews on an app store, it's difficult to fix. Not really. Take note of what the bad reviews say, fix the issues, release a new version and repeat. Once you've got to the point that you've r
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by happybuy 8y ago
I've found that if I can't just complete a certain feature, task or function on my product, and it keeps dragging on, then there is likely a reason for it being too difficult (more than just laziness on my part!) A good approach w
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What difference does an adblocker really make?(magiclasso.co)
2 points by happybuy 8y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
What would security/privacy experts recommend in this situation? It sounds glib, but the obvious and best recommendation is to delete both Facebook and Instagram apps from all of your devices. It's not feasible to expect to use
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by happybuy 8y ago
In a world where the major advertising companies (Google & Facebook) respected users privacy and security I'd tend to agree with this assessment. We do not live in such a world. Without some form of counter-balance they will contin
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by happybuy 8y ago
We've relatively recently launched a new adblocking app on the App Store (and Mac App Store) with a subscription based business model. In our first year we've found many of the same learnings as this article and have written about
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by happybuy 8y ago
This should have been obvious for anyone who is paying attention. When data collection and advertising companies such as Facebook (and Google) push a feature actually beneficial to users so aggressively – such as 2FA – during the sign-up pr

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