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by auslander 2761 days ago
Apple cut the oxygen to Adtech business models.

iOS Apps have no way to identify user's devices, apps can only store two bits of info locally, DeviceCheck. Location while using the app option, hello Android? :)

Safari's ITP 2.0 clears tracking cookies in a way, that no tracking is longer possible. Adtech not happy.
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Tsubasachan 2761 days ago
And yet Apple restricts ad blockers... Same as Google.
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auslander 2761 days ago
It does not. I have Firefox Focus Content Blocker enabled in iOS Safari, and other Content Blocker apps for Mac Safari.
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mmebane 2761 days ago
They have banned the use of VPN APIs to tunnel traffic through a filtering proxy. Apps such as AdGuard Pro used to use this to perform whole-device adblocking.
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auslander 2761 days ago
VPN APIs is for VPNs, not ad blocker apps. Apple is “sandboxing” applications, so apps have limited ability to interfere with each other or alter the overall workings of the phone. Which is a good thing, one app should not see other app's traffic.
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