[SoftTalker]

Every browser should have ad blocking technology included and enabled by default. I do not understand why Apple in particular has not pushed this with Safari, as they like to portray that they care about privacy.

I get why Chrome doesn't, and that's why you should not use it. But Netscape? Edge? What is stopping them?

Browsing the web without an ad blocker is a miserable experience. Users who have never tried or don't know how to set one up would be delighted.

[bookofjoe]

>Browsing the web without an ad blocker is a miserable experience.

That is your experience. Mine is the opposite.

>Users who have never tried or don't know how to set one up would be delighted.

Perhaps.

"I would prefer not to." — Bartleby, The Scrivener

https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/bartleby.pdf

[lastofthemojito]

Google pays Apple 20+ billion dollars annually to be the default search engine in Safari. I don't know whether the absence of ad blocking is a stipulation in that deal or not, but I have to imagine that if Apple blocked ads in Safari by default, that deal would not be renewed.

[SoftTalker]

Apple is worth nearly $4T. I think they can afford to take a principled stand here, especially considering the current mood about big tech.

And I don't think Google would lightly give up being the default search engine on the dominant mobile platform in the USA, and significantly more dominant among upper-income users.

[bookofjoe]

Browsing the web without a web blocker for me is a wonderful experience every day and has been since the beginning. Diff'rent strokes.

[MidnightRider39]

At least with Chrome i can use ublock - not so with safari. The best browser is ofc Firefox but everyone seems to have forgotten that bc of bad publicity or whatever

[gzread]

The best browser is either Waterfox or Librewolf since they're Firefox-based but don't steal your data or claim copyright on it.

[MidnightRider39]

It would be news to me that Firefox steals data or claims copyright on my data - do you have anything concrete to back that up?

[gzread]

It was their terms of service change at the start of 2025. It caused quite a shitstorm.

[MidnightRider39]

So essentially a bunch of noise that didnt really mean anything concrete?

[gzread]

Mozilla backed down due to the backlash. It still means Mozilla is untrustworthy.