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How I survived and thrived on the App Store in 2018(magiclasso.co)
1 points by happybuy 8y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
Perhaps spyware is the more accurate term. Even if it is clear in the app description that it is collecting data from users, I don't believe that the extent or consequences of such data collection would be considered or understood by t
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by happybuy 8y ago
Apple quickly and efficiently banned all VPN-based ad blocking apps as they do not follow allowed uses of the VPN apis as per App Store guidelines. VPN-based data collection apps could just as easily be cleaned up if there was the will to d
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by happybuy 8y ago
This is malware and should have been rejected from the App Store months (if not years ago). Better late than never. I'm sure if it was a smaller company doing a similar thing they wouldn't have been given such leeway as Facebook w
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Why use an adblocker?(magiclasso.co)
12 points by happybuy 8y ago|2 comments
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by happybuy 8y ago
It has been clear for years that Apple only wants to support the native Safari content blocking API for ad blockers on iOS. If it has taken Adguard so long to realize this then it’s their issue, not Apple’s.
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by happybuy 8y ago
If you use Safari on iOS or macOS, auto-playing of videos can be disabled in preferences/settings.
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by happybuy 8y ago
Safari/iOS adblockers need to use a specific Safari content blocking format which is different from the classic ABP format. Presumably the extra work to support this format (and the content blocking extension API) discourages some vend
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by happybuy 8y ago
Based upon what our users have said from developing our own ad blocking product; most people actually aren't against ads, what they are against are: - Slowness in web page loading, rendering and UI responsiveness due to excessive ad em
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by happybuy 8y ago
For iOS and Mac users, may I also suggest people consider using an adblock product we develop – Magic Lasso ( https://www.magiclasso.co/ ). We agree with the sentiment of the post and are working to create a great alternative
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by happybuy 9y ago
Apple News actually follows the model that you describe as the ethical way to do this. In my experience, it produces better and more pleasing recommended content in it's feed due to this control. Inference models such as YouTubes alway
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The problem with internet ads and the inevitable rise of adblocking(magiclasso.co)
2 points by happybuy 9y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 9y ago
Our product is Magic Lasso – https://www.magiclasso.co – an efficient and high performance ad blocker and content blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac with native Safari integration.
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by happybuy 9y ago
Paid additional functionality and paid community support. We think with a quality product there should be enough users willing to pay to support ongoing updates & development. General adblocking functionality should be kept free.
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by happybuy 9y ago
We've recently launched a competitive product to Adblock Plus - the product noted in this article, made by EYEO. It has been extremely illuminating - but also disappointing – to learn how much user deception there is in the adblocking
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Advertisers can now pay to sneak by your ad blocker (2015)(cio.com)
5 points by happybuy 9y ago|6 comments
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by happybuy 9y ago
Is there any evidence that Mark Zuckerberg has any actual foresight or insight on privacy, security or Facebook as a product? If so, it never seems to be evident from outside the company when he needs to present himself. All televised inter
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by happybuy 9y ago
> One thing thats still missing (AFAIK, happy to be shown otherwise) is a website/app to facilitate finding community built 1blocker packages, and adding them. This should perhaps be built into the Adblocker extension and enable use
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by happybuy 9y ago
Thank you. Your 1Blocker packages look very useful for users and I can see the merit in being able to let users share and enable specific pre-packaged rules for particular sites. May be something for us to consider to support in future rele
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by happybuy 9y ago
We take a slightly different philosophy in that we don't think most users will want to tweak different sets of rules etc. 1Blocker is a great product, but we think most everyday users will not want to configure rulesets in most circums
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by happybuy 9y ago
Point taken - thanks, makes sense. There is more info available on the App Store page but you are correct that the website could be more informative. We'll look to update in the future.
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Show HN: Magic Lasso, a high performance ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac(magiclasso.co)
3 points by happybuy 9y ago|9 comments
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by happybuy 9y ago
I'm about to release Magic Lasso – a free ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and macOS simply because I think advertising on the web has gone too far. http://magiclasso.co/ Won't make money but hopefully will help ma
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by happybuy 15y ago
You may wonder why Apple just released an iTunes Movie Trailers app: http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/12/apple-releases-itunes-movie-tr... Well the 'trailers' part is just an excuse. Its real purpose is to provide the showtime and ticket purcha
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Why Is Google Buying Motorola?(andersonmichael.wordpress.com)
2 points by happybuy 15y ago|1 comments
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by happybuy 15y ago
"by copying sentence by sentence from various sources, rewriting it to make the cheating non-detectable, and reading over it to make sure the flow was good. It saved me at least 50% of the time compared to writing something from scratch, an
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by happybuy 15y ago
Isn't it true that Google doesn't actually tell advertisers what % of the per click advertising revenue they are paid? Its amazing that after all these years we have learnt to accept this black box and trust Google is somehow paying adverti
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by happybuy 15y ago
Yes agree, thats why I said to wait a few months. We currently have a broader range of products but we don't do search filtering as well - that will change.
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by happybuy 15y ago
If you can wait a couple of months, the answer to that will be to visit our startup http://www.happybuy.com/ We're in the process of iterating to enhance our search to allow you to answer just those kinds of specifics :)
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by happybuy 15y ago
Another common problem I think it that people realise that their product has a potentially huge market but they haven't thought about how they can engage and raise awareness amongst that market. In other words, identifying a market is not e

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