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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by why-oh-why on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:10AM (#21026850)
There’s no double standard. Everyone hates Safari for this too… all the 500 users of it.

Of course you’ll hear a lot more noise from the users of the browser with the larger share by a wide margin.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by adwi on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:07AM (#21027505)
Estimates for Safari marketshare range from 15.15 - 24.9% across all platforms [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by airstrike on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:11AM (#21027562)
A better sentence: the median estimate for Safari's desktop market share is 5.12%
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by bduerst on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:44PM (#21032061)
>desktop

Why does narrowing it to desktop devices matter?

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by airstrike on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:01PM (#21032175)
HMU when you install uBlock Origin on your iOS version of Chrome
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by bduerst on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:11PM (#21032227)
I don't have iOS so i'll take your word for it.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by ripdog on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:47AM (#21034566)
Because Apple doesn't allow any other browser engines on iOS. iOS users are shackled to Webkit, and are unable to make a choice.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by JohnTHaller on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:11AM (#21027560)
I think they're talking about Desktop market share where Safari has very small usage.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by reaperducer on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:13AM (#21027584)
Interesting. I see about the same on the web sites that I build.

I assumed it was just a fluke because I'm in the healthcare space, and that means lots of iPads and doctors rocking the latest iOS gear. I guess not.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by godzillabrennus on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:13AM (#21027586)
That includes mobile users.

I’d expect there are about 500 hardcore safari fanbois on Mac but everyone else uses it to download a different browser.

Microsoft Edge is coming to Mac, obviously that’s the future.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by Synaesthesia on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:50PM (#21029389)
Safari is by far the best browser on Mac IMO, I’m glad Edge is coming but it has its work cut out to beat Safari on performance, energy efficiency and integration.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by jzl on Friday September 20, 2019 @04:10PM (#21030725)
Exactly. The whole point of this HN post is that people are annoyed and upset about Safari doing this. Ultimately this and Chrome's potential upcoming changes have driven me back to using Firefox almost exclusively.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by tssva on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:24PM (#21033107)
Mozilla's statement regarding Manifest V3 hints that Mozilla is likely to follow the same path at a later date. They face the same security and privacy issues surrounding plugins that have driven Apple and Google to make the changes they have.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by p4t44 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @04:35AM (#21034192)
> We have no immediate plans to remove blocking webRequest and are working with add-on developers to gain a better understanding of how they use the APIs in question to help determine how to best support them.

I don't take from that they will apply it in the future, just they don't want to rule anything out.

source: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google...

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