US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments fall sharply

Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by tyfon on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:32PM (#36912083)

I kind of went the other way, I have had androids since 2010ish, then tried an iphone at the beginning of corona since my old sony phone couldn't run teams properly. Had it for 2 years and hated it so much I went back to android.

I couldn't even install a separate browser like firefox that was not just a skin and the ad-block on safari drove me crazy. It only prevented items from being displayed but not the network requests etc.

Also, it was nagging me a lot, constantly asking for me to sign up to icloud and other things.

Back on a pixel phone now and couldn't be more happy really.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by OO000oo on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:50PM (#36912327)

Yeah, I don't see how Apple can claim to prioritize privacy when they won't even allow real ad blocking.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by s3p on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:12PM (#36912639)

Except they do? You can get a VPN app that blocks network requests, like 1Blocker. Also AFAIK android doesn't support adblockers?

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by KGy on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:32PM (#36912896)

Firefox on Android does allow you to run an adblocker.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by beebeepka on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:33PM (#36912910)

Is that a sincere argument? Guy was talking about and blocking in the browser

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by redgreenshoe on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:47PM (#36913087)

It's been possible to install ad blockers for the browser on iPhones for years, without resorting to a VPN. I don't bother anymore because I'm usually at home and have a pihole anyway, but I used to use Firefox Focus—not as my browser, but to provide ad-blocking for Safari. Worked fine. Open it once to set it up (at least IIRC that was necessary—I don't remember, but there was some very-simple setup step I'm pretty sure) then never open it again. Ads blocked in Safari. Tons of other options, free and paid.

You do need a VPN (or otherwise something network-level) to block ads in apps, I think. That's a fair point.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by Izikiel43 on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:54PM (#36914471)

Thanks for the FFF app, just downloaded and enabled safari integration, ads no more

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by OO000oo on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:21PM (#36914724)

These solutions don't block video ads and they require crippling your speed with a VPN.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by redgreenshoe on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:05PM (#36915119)

iOS has ad blockers that are not VPNs. That's what I was writing about.

You may be right about the video ad part.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by cute_boi on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:17PM (#36915251)

VPN apps are annoying. You constantly have to turn in on or off. I find battery leakage. There are speed issues etc.. .And, the purpose of VPN is different than ad blocking.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by tbihl on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:57PM (#36912451)

I think Apple's strong claim is security, not privacy.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by 121789 on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:01PM (#36912510)

they claim privacy very strongly. you can see billboards or commercials where privacy is their only selling point

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by tbihl on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:02PM (#36915621)

Sorry, I don't really follow their advertising campaigns. I just mean that they can't make a valid claim for privacy, unless you agree to the idea of being private only when Apple likes...

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by OO000oo on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:06PM (#36912566)

The 3 story "Privacy. That's iPhone." billboard down the street from me suggests otherwise.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by tbihl on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:02PM (#36915627)

Sorry, I don't really follow their advertising campaigns. I just mean that they can't make a valid claim for privacy, unless you agree to the idea of being private only when Apple likes...

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by howinteresting on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:04PM (#36912539)

???

https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/03/14/privacy-thats-iph...

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by tbihl on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:02PM (#36915624)

Sorry, I don't really follow their advertising campaigns. I just mean that they can't make a valid claim for privacy, unless you agree to the idea of being private only when Apple likes...

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by alibert on Friday July 28, 2023 @05:13PM (#36913407)

Ads blocking on Safari browser is complete since iOS 15 when Apple allowed custom extensions to be added to the browser.

Nowadays, ads blocker use a mix of Content blockers rules (1) and an Safari extension (2) to block ads.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre...

[2] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf...

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