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And then I read the subheadline of the article: > The social-media company says Apple’s privacy changes will affect its Audience Network business, which connects users’ Facebook identities with their off-platform activities
Holy sh*t - GOOD! Go Apple
Can somebody tell what changes are they talking specifically?
Specifically, from the above,
> "moving forward, App Store policy will require apps to ask before tracking you across apps and websites owned by other companies"
So maybe we will stop being put into echo chambers and radicalized to hate our neighbors? Maybe we will stop having so many clickbait articles written by journalists? Other business models for the win!
People like echo chambers, they go out of their way to self select into them.
We have had message boards, subreddits, newspapers, TV news shows, radio shows, etc. dedicated to (or at least slanted towards) specific policial views for quite some time.
Possibly centuries in the case of pamphlets and newspapers, often printed with an explicitly partisan point of view in ye olde times.
Besides - it’s not like ads are going to go away. It’ll just be less focused
Looks like they're going to refuse to comply with it, in fact: https://twitter.com/rjonesy/status/1298662658934222848
Facebook is hoping people read the headline, don't read too much into it, and that would fuel anti-Apple sentiment that they are acting as a monopoly.
Because if you read just below the surface on this topic, you'll quickly realize this is a huge win for consumers and privacy advocates.