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by crooked-v 657 days ago
On the other hand, Apple is adding a "this is totally not an adblocker, I promise" it's-obviously-an-adblocker to the next version of Safari as a builtin feature. It's pretty barebones, as Apple copycat features tend to be, but I think it's a decent indicator of their attitude on the subject.
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My understanding is that it’s a DOM element hider. While it is possible to hide some ads with it, it probably won’t disable the tracking.
They intended it as an adblocker initially and dialed back the tone because of pressure from ad companies and co.
There are adblockers for Safari too in the Appstore