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If spammers will use this feature too, won't this lead to websites displaying non-stop Captchas for every user coming via private relay, similar to VPN/Tor?
It's not a system wide VPN that can be used by spamming tools.
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I just installed iPadOS 15 beta tonight. It took a few minutes to get used to Safari changes, but now I like it.
I am currently hating the mobile Safari changes, alas. I love the idea of moving the address bar to the bottom because it's just easier to get to but ... you tap on it and it jumps to the top where it used to be. Then when you've got to a page, the address is right on top of the Home Bar which, I thought, you were supposed to avoid placing clickable items because the damn Home Bar gets in the way. Also when you click…
A pain point for me is having things different on my iPhone and iPad: side for hardware volume controls, different address bar location on iOS vs. iPadOS, etc. I find a slight amount of cognitive dissonance when switching devices.
If spammers will use this feature too, won't this lead to websites displaying non-stop Captchas for every user coming via private relay, similar to VPN/Tor?
Private relay is only active when using Safari on iOS / macOS. It's not a system wide VPN that can be used by spamming tools.
Privacy leadership? I don't think a good portion of Apple's userbase (iOS consumers) care really and are happy with whatever babyified UI updates they've released and living inside the walled ecosystem