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Andrew Grumet · 1w
and regarding "change the terms", I think this is a classic case where the tech is ahead of the policy, and that the latter will eventually catch up.
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Ad blockers are already allowed on the AppStore and PlayStore though, in other contexts. There is a popular Reddit ad/nag blocker and things like 1Blocker for Safari. I'm not sure what the financial incentive to the platform would be for disallowing it. Neither Apple, nor Google serve podcast ads so it doesn't affect them.
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Andrew Grumet · 1w
that's fair though I'd venture that Google and Apple are fundamentally different with respect to ads. Hence chrome is much more aggressive with respect to blocking the blockers. I don't see the current moment as a policy so much as a lack of one. But we'll see. It seems like every week there's a new...