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rising_tony@kbin.social 10 months agoThat Ad Block will become much less useful if google gets its way, even on iOS
Comment on Here we go again
rising_tony@kbin.social 10 months agoThat Ad Block will become much less useful if google gets its way, even on iOS
47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Why would an iOS app be affected by Google?
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 10 months ago
Because Google is trying to add internet-wide drm which would make ad-blocking difficult, if not impossible, and they have a large enough marketshare to potentially force it.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If Apple says “nope” I am sure they can’t force push this. Apple loyalty would work in our favor.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 10 months ago
Tbh I don’t think that’s totally outside the realm of possibility as it takes control out of Apple’s hands. However, I’m not sure if Apple’s userbase is really large enough to stop Google.
Supposedly Safari makes up about 20% of global browser usage (chrome is at 63%, Firefox is about 2.8%) which could be large enough to stop Google, but that’s also assuming that Apple won’t cave to users and/or corporations complaining about how their site doesn’t work on Safari. Apple might even create their own alternative system that lets them maintain control while still providing drm.
RippleEffect@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It won’t. It would have to be if Apple or Firefox changes their policies/app that it be affected.