Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by lern_too_spel on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:46AM
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If that's the case, why is Safari already worse than manifest v3, already hiding URLs, already promoting Apple News (more anticompetitive than AMP), and not even offering the ability to clear storage on exit?
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Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by jacquesm on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:59AM
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Because Safari is a niche player. Anti competitive behavior matters a lot more when you have a stranglehold on a market than when you are just a bit player.
Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by cageface on Sunday October 18, 2020 @12:29PM
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Safari is far from a niche player on mobile. The last few US projects I’ve done were over 50% iOS safari.
Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by lern_too_spel on Sunday October 18, 2020 @11:05AM
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The question is why would Safari do those things if they help advertising giants?
Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by jacquesm on Sunday October 18, 2020 @11:10AM
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That's not for me to answer, but for Apple I guess. Maybe someone who works there can shine a light on this. Speculation about the URL bit would probably center on Apple tending to put form over function. Promoting Apple News -> because it cost them a lot of money to get it in the first place and they are trying to recoup that money. Not that I would ever even look at it, I don't think a hardware manufacturer is the best place to get my news fix.