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Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads

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Re: Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads

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Post by bilal4hmed »

ha ha, so their argument is that small cos will die. Ok, let them die. We need a few good big companies that people are willing to pay for things. The message needs to be that you can only get privacy when you pay removing the need for cos. to run ads

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Post by slipper1 »

rorykoehler wrote: post #10
acruns wrote: post #4

This feature and fb's hate for it makes me seriously consider moving back to. iOS.

I’m on iOS primarily for this reason. If you don’t want to pay the Apple tax just get second hand devices. I just upgraded to the iPhone 8 and it’s perfect. Feels premium still. Does everything I need.

You still have to pay the Apple tax on all IAPs.

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Post by lordnacho »

rorykoehler wrote: post #10
acruns wrote: post #4

This feature and fb's hate for it makes me seriously consider moving back to. iOS.

I’m on iOS primarily for this reason. If you don’t want to pay the Apple tax just get second hand devices. I just upgraded to the iPhone 8 and it’s perfect. Feels premium still. Does everything I need.

If you look at countries that have a tax on new cars, second hand cars in those countries are also expensive. Less expensive than new cars, but the tax is still there.

You could argue that the tax incorporated in the price comes down with depreciation though.

Re: Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads

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Post by rorykoehler »

slipper1 wrote: post #13
rorykoehler wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m on iOS primarily for this reason. If you don’t want to pay the Apple tax just get second hand devices. I just upgraded to the iPhone 8 and it’s perfect. Feels premium still. Does everything I need.

You still have to pay the Apple tax on all IAPs.

I don't have any IAP. All the services I use that I pay for I signed up via the web.

Re: Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads

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Post by kbos87 »

I have zero sympathy for Facebook. If they claim to care so much about small businesses, they should start by committing to change how they respond to any upstart social app that dares encroach on what they see as their territory.

That being said - and it pains me to say this - but there is absolutely truth to the fact that the style of targeting now possible on FB & Instagram has enabled an entire world of very small, hyper-niche businesses that otherwise wouldn't exist.

Ten years ago, there wasn't any way to reach very granular audiences the way there is today. There was massively broad and massively expensive brand advertising, there were poorly targeted display networks, and there were effective but prohibitively expensive direct response channels like AdWords - none of which were viable if you were selling, say, dog leashes to people with a penchant for the outdoors.

That isn't to dismiss Facebook's culpability for the liberties they take with their users' personal data, and they certainly didn't build their ad network out of altruism for small businesses, despite what you may think from the position the ad takes. Facebook's access to user data should be curtailed significantly, and sadly, businesses likely will suffer. There doesn't seem to be a good, evident third option just yet.

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