It would be interesting to see if google as a massive ad provider could get away with ad blocking without causing legal trouble
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@codepo8 Given that there are tons of ad blockers for Chrome, how is Google not doing the same as Apple already?
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@stilkov they didn't write them and don't add them to the OS?
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Replying to @codepo8
@codepo8 Did Apple? My understanding was ad blocking is provided by 3rd party apps that use the new APIs – is that a misconception?

Sep 20, 2015 · 12:05 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov I don't know. But they provide APIs
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@codepo8 Lets not beat this to death, but that doesn’t sound different from Chrome or Safari’s extension API.
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