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Yes, it's a grand conspiracy. The only other possible explanation would be:

1) Readability got popular. It's a good idea so they baked it into the browser.

2) There is plenty of money in ads. Apple decided they wanted some of this money instead of funneling it to a direct competitor.

I prefer the conspiracy idea myself.

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Reading this Ken Fisher article was akin to reading a blog post.

This is why I look to authors like John Siracusa for quality articles on Ars Technica. This article however, is just a giant assumption that is likely to not be true.

> Readability got popular. It's a good idea so they baked it into the browser.

Also, Instapaper. Marco Arment (IP developer) once wrote that some people use IP not for articles they want to read later but for articles they want to read right now, just because it's so good at making articles readable.

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