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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by saturdaysaint on Sunday June 24, 2012 @12:10AM (#4152565)
This is more about confounding certain advertising based companies than anything... I'm almost surprised Safari doesn't block ads by default already.
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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by gcb on Sunday June 24, 2012 @01:21AM (#4152654)
because safari requires work arounds from most sites to work 100%.

remove ads, and the efort to suport that browser just die.

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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by Karunamon on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:17AM (#4152734)
Safari = Webkit. The same workarounds would have to be done for Chrome.
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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by pirateking on Sunday June 24, 2012 @04:34AM (#4152919)
Not true. Safari and Chrome are both built on top of WebKit.
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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by Karunamon on Sunday June 24, 2012 @11:41AM (#4153509)
That's what I meant.
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Re:Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fight... by JoeCortopassi on Sunday June 24, 2012 @09:30AM (#4153267)
Every browser has it's nuances that must be accounted for when developing. Safari wouldn't die for the same reason I.E. hasn't: it's bundled with a hugely popular OS
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