Comment by BSDobelix

1 year ago

I don't think Apple (Safari) is a ad company.

They are[1][2]. It makes them billions every year[3]

[1]: https://ads.apple.com [2]: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/control-how-apple-del... [3]: https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/15/apple-ad-business...

  • Ah ok, but do they have a worse track-record then Google Microsoft or Mozilla?

    • Relative to Mozilla: on the advertising front I can't judge whether Apple is worse or about the same. On most other fronts I don't think there's much of a question. Others disagree, the extent to which Apple's actions are user-hostile is an often debated topic I'm not particularly interested in re-threading.

      Google and Microsoft aren't really a comparison, both have been openly anti-user on many fronts for many years.

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  • Huh? Those aren’t in-browser ads. Those are ads delivered through installed native apps.

    Do you have a source showing that Safari makes money from ads?