Scrolled down just to make sure someone mentioned this.The advertising people's stated objections seem to hold no water, as this is an optional thing. If they truly care about respecting user-controlled preferences* and believe we all prefer targeted ads then no-one will choose to use this feature, will they?
Well done Apple.
*I had to type this statement three times before I stopped laughing.
It's not a secret if you know. Also, I'd be annoyed if they did this because the other search engines majorly suck. They already give people the option to change if for some reason they want the crappy results from Yahoo!.I'd be more impressed if Apple stopped accepting $3B/year secretly from Google for allowing them to be the default search engine on iOS.
Eh, I think it mostly has to do with their incentives. Apple surely wouldn't be doing this if they were profiting from ad tracking. So I don't see a reason to praise Apple for this, but I have another reason to keep using Safari.Good for Apple. I really respect their commitment to privacy and security regardless of other things they’re doing that I don’t like.
Just downloaded Safari 11 and that option is not available in the privacy preference pane. Did Apple back down or is High Sierra needed for this feature?
Just downloaded Safari 11 and that option is not available in the privacy preference pane. Did Apple back down or is High Sierra needed for this feature?
Not even one single buy in 17 years! Online ads are only an annoyance and at least in my case they just don’t work.
Google already has a fix for this so don't worry, you will still see re-targeting ads from advertisers![]()
Same here. Sometimes i wonder if they are fooling us by making such a fuss then in the reality they back down no matter what... SAD.
I don't why people bring up Google so much. There are literally hundreds of companies which track our internet use. Google could disappear tomorrow and we'd STILL see targeted ads all over the place.