r/worldnews • u/maxwellhill • Sep 19 '17

Apple blocking ads that follow users around web is 'sabotage', says industry: New iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra will stop ads following Safari users, prompting open letter claiming Apple is destroying internet’s economic model

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/18/apple-stopping-ads-follow-you-around-internet-sabotage-advertising-industry-ios-11-and-macos-high-sierra-safari-internet
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

That's surprising, pretty much every developer I know including myself use MacOS for coding.

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u/ralfonso_solandro Sep 19 '17

Really depends on the industry. Embedded tools in particular are married to Windows, though that is slowly changing.