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sog35 wrote: » Apple can't get away with blocking ALL ads by default. But they can get away with blocking Spyware and Trackware. It will be up to users to choose to block ads. There is precedent. iOS already blocks pop-ups by default. So i…
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sog35 wrote: » Now you are just making up crap. Most people click through those because they dont expect a website to violate their privacy. The industry is messed up. Its time for Apple to step up and stop Spyware and Trackware. I agree…
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sog35 wrote: » We need to stop pushing these Apps as AD-BLOCKERS. They are PRIVACY-BLOCKERS, SPY-BLOCKERS, and TRACK-BLOCKERS. There is no defense for allowing your privacy to be raped. So will web publishers go out in the public and say th…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » Don't start with that "wealth inequality" BS or we'll be arguing all day over an invented political "problem." You should try that statement out on sog35's patented "Court of Public Opinion™"...:p
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sog35 wrote: » You seriously think the Apple will lose in the courts or the court of public opinion for blocking spying/tracking scripts by default? I'm talking about Apple blocking spying/tracking by default. Not ads. Apple should allow SP…
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freediverx wrote: » What if Apple blocked all tracking and all of a sudden half of the apps and websites stopped working? In a way, this topic is similar to the debate over government regulation. Both extremes are untenable. The key is finding …
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sog35 wrote: » No it won't. No one wants Spyware and Tractware. That is what Apple should block by default. Try find me someone who's okay with having their privacy raped. Just like how Apple blocks harmful virus, they should block spy/t…
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freediverx wrote: » #10 was meant to encompass whatever wasn't already explicitly cited. I realize that. Now how do you expect them to implement #10: Acceptable Ads are determined based on the end user's interests, not those of the ad network, …
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sog35 wrote: » You seriously think most people READ those app update documentations? HELL NO. Most people just keep the App the way it was on the defaults. Most people think if you buy an Ad-blocker it will continue to block ads. That's why yo…
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sog35 wrote: » Thats why Apple needs to take the kid gloves off and develop their own ad blocker exclusive for iOS. Or simply buy one of these ad blockers and repackage as an Apple App. If Apple cares about customer experience they should. App…
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freediverx wrote: » Instead of just a "user managed whitelist" of websites, there should be user managed whitelists and blacklists of advertisers and/or advertising networks, and a way to directly select a specific ad/screen element and add it t…
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sog35 wrote: » Whos the morons? Sure you can turn off the 'acceptable' ads. But most won't even know the options exists. If you are so sure most will turn off the 'feature' then why are publishers paying for the feature? And by the way…
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freediverx wrote: » I love people who still think the word "capitalism" automatically makes any practice or activity acceptable. I think four decades of economic instability and skyrocketing income and wealth inequality have put that notion to r…
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freediverx wrote: » Ah so you're all in favor of a free market when it favors businesses wielding unfair advantage over consumers, but you draw the line when the tables are turned and consumers fight back by exercising their first amendment rights…
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nasserae wrote: » The developer on Twitter said whitelisting sites will also be an option in future update. So I guess three options (block all ads, all only ads that we think are acceptable, and allow ad on websites the user specify) is bad. ^…
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dickprinter wrote: » How the frigg does this guy know this? Supply chain source data would not indicate how many Rose Gold iPhones have been ordered. The only way I can think of him knowing this info is by knowing the person/people in charge of sh…
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mstone wrote: » I cannot make a determination on that because I know almost nothing about Adobe's programing. Who knows if they haven't already rewritten the apps recently? We are on the outside looking in. One thing I do know is that they don't u…
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mstone wrote: » Sure great poke at Adobe but that makes no sense. If the software is bloated on Intel, then it is bloated on ARM. The only thing that would make it run faster is to un-bloat it or run it on faster hardware. But you do have a poin…
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Marvin wrote: » ArsTechnica's voting system looks to be just on the article comment area and not their forum. Yes that's true. I also visit a number of sites that use Discus (inline comment system) that make use of up/down voting, as well as …
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suddenly newton wrote: » Ironically, I use Marco's Instapaper to avoid being inconvenienced by ads. Of course, you have to load the page once in Safari to send it to Instapaper, so technically, the website made its money, but afterwards, I can sit…