Re:Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
by gorhill on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:10AM
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> Now you just have uBlock origin that can track you - meet the new boss.
Please don't spread disinformation, uBO tracks nothing. Privacy policy is here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privacy-policy
Re:Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
by tannhaeuser on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:08AM
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Yeah I might've used the phrase "iPhone is everything but a loss leader" in a wrong way (I'm actually not quite sure). What I meant is exactly what you said: that it of course is not a loss leader given its price.
With the content blocking framework that has been part of iOS for years, not even the ad blocking app can see your browsing history. It just sends a JSON file to Safari and Safari blocks content based on the JSON file.
Apple's content blocking framework can also work in other apps that embed web views depending on which web view they use. For instance, it works in my RSS reader.
The iPhone a loss leader? Apple has 40% margins, 80% of all the profit in the phone market, and the average selling price of an iPhone is $450 higher than the average selling price of Android.
Apple is not one of the most profitable companies in the world based on media sells.