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Looks fine in a text-only browser.

For folks who prefer reading text using large, complex, graphical browsers released by organisations that seek to profit directly or indirectly from the proliferation of online advertising^1

   curl https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/09/17/gccs-new-fortification-level|sed -n '/./{/article-content/,/<\/div>/{/<\/div>/,$d;p;};}' > 1.html
   firefox ./1.html
1. Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Brave, etc.


From https://www.economist.com/business/2022/09/18/the-300bn-goog... (currently on HN front page)

"The most surprising new adman is Apple. The iPhone-maker used to rail against intrusive digital advertising. Now it sells many ads of its own. As sales of smartphones plateau, the company is looking for new ways to monetise the 1.8bn devices, from smartphones to smart earphones, it already has in circulation. So far it is only dabbling in ads and does not report sales figures. But Bloomberg reported recently that Apple's ad business was already generating sales of $4bn a year, making it about as big an ad platform as Twitter. Apple executives believe there is much more to be had."




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