And, indeed, in that same six months, these developers created more than 100 apps for the platform, including mobile clients for iOS, Android and even Windows Phone and Symbian, desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux and browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox.

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Ad blockers are also the most popular software extensions for leading browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, which at 17.81% has the top ad blocking rate.

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