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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by tpush on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:01PM (#14491143)
"it's gonna make a huge dent in Google Analytics' numbers".

Very unlikely, since almost nobody uses desktop Safari.

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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by cpeterso on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:12PM (#14491317)
This feature will surely show up in iOS Safari, which would have a big impact.
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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by alwillis on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:28AM (#14494960)
It's already in iOS 11 beta: https://twitter.com/webkit/status/871834286286139392
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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by gchokov on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:58PM (#14492579)
Lol.
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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by alwillis on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:27AM (#14494957)
It’s obviously not true that nobody uses Safari on Apple’s laptops and desktops.

Apple’s Mac sales have doubled since 2008 and is in the top 5 when it comes to PC shipments: http://www.asymco.com/2016/11/02/wherefore-art-thou-macintos...

Shipping ~30 million Macs a year certainly isn't almost nobody.

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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by piyush_soni on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:26AM (#14495409)
He isn't talking about the number of macs sold though. Market share of Desktop Safari according to NetMarketShare [0] in May 2017 was 3.56%.

[0] : https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr...

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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by alwillis on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:40PM (#14499241)
Web advertising is such a cutthroat and low margin business that having 2–3% of all browser users become untrackable is a big deal.

Safari on iOS obviously has significantly higher market share on mobile and the intelligent tracker blocking is part of iOS 11 beta.

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Re:Apple adds a tracker blocker to desktop Safari by piyush_soni on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @10:54PM (#14503365)
Yes, it will be a big deal when it comes to mobile.
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