[ocdtrekkie]

Going to my IE right now to activate it, I have to say this is a janky solution. It opens the Add-ons window, where you can see you have no Tracking Protection Lists. Then you can click to browse the add-on gallery for them, and then you have to scroll down and pick a list from a set of options.

While this is flexible, open, and that's all good, the lack of a common sense default and a multi-step setup process is probably why like... even I am not using this right now.

If Apple does this by default, it's gonna make a huge dent in Google Analytics' numbers, whereas probably almost nobody uses the feature in IE.

[amt528]

If you're interested, I created and maintain a tracking protection list based on the Ghostery and Disconnect filter lists. It's concise, fast, and better than anything in the IE gallery. https://amtopel.github.io/tpl/

[ocdtrekkie]

IE isn't really a browser I use heavily personally. Has Microsoft carried the feature forward to Edge, or are they relying on extensions from the Store for that?

[amt528]

They discontinued it in Edge, unfortunately.

[addicted]

But you can install extensions like ghostery that so the same things in edge

[PokeAcer]

But you shouldn't have to install extensions to do this..

[tpush]

"it's gonna make a huge dent in Google Analytics' numbers".

Very unlikely, since almost nobody uses desktop Safari.

[cpeterso]

This feature will surely show up in iOS Safari, which would have a big impact.

[alwillis]

It's already in iOS 11 beta: https://twitter.com/webkit/status/871834286286139392

[gchokov]

Lol.

[alwillis]

It’s obviously not true that nobody uses Safari on Apple’s laptops and desktops.

Apple’s Mac sales have doubled since 2008 and is in the top 5 when it comes to PC shipments: http://www.asymco.com/2016/11/02/wherefore-art-thou-macintos...

Shipping ~30 million Macs a year certainly isn't almost nobody.

[piyush_soni]

He isn't talking about the number of macs sold though. Market share of Desktop Safari according to NetMarketShare [0] in May 2017 was 3.56%.

[0] : https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr...

[alwillis]

Web advertising is such a cutthroat and low margin business that having 2–3% of all browser users become untrackable is a big deal.

Safari on iOS obviously has significantly higher market share on mobile and the intelligent tracker blocking is part of iOS 11 beta.

[piyush_soni]

Yes, it will be a big deal when it comes to mobile.