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by tpush 3306 days ago
"it's gonna make a huge dent in Google Analytics' numbers".

Very unlikely, since almost nobody uses desktop Safari.
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cpeterso 3306 days ago
This feature will surely show up in iOS Safari, which would have a big impact.
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alwillis 3306 days ago
It's already in iOS 11 beta: https://twitter.com/webkit/status/871834286286139392
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gchokov 3306 days ago
Lol.
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alwillis 3306 days ago
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.

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piyush_soni 3306 days ago
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...

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alwillis 3305 days ago
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.

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piyush_soni 3305 days ago
Yes, it will be a big deal when it comes to mobile.
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