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0 pointsceejayoz2y ago0 comments

> In typical internet mob fashion Apple doing this is considered doubleplusgood, Google doing it is them being evil and trying to kill the Internet.

Apple has neither Chrome's market share nor Google's advertising network. Context matters.

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jsnell2y ago· 1 in thread

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.

lapcat2y 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-...

> 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.

kgwxd2y ago

Part of the reason Safari doesn't have the market share is because it sucks at such things. No one is actually saying Apple doing it is doubleplusgood. Someone has an "internet mob" persecution fetish.

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