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Apple's TOS surrounding this change prevent any sort of content-gating of this sort. Infractions may result in removal from the app store.
I'd be curious to see whether apple has the balls to remove fb from the app store
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Between this privacy fight and the form factor of the iPhone Mini, there's a 90% chance my next phone will be an iPhone after more than a decade on Android. I'm done with this ad-sponsored trash ecosystem.
Apple are also assholes to users in places (no own software, no simple customization, absurd seeming prices, extremely limited and proprietary connectivity) ... but they also protect them like nobody else and are unusually reasonable in places, like with their software update policy. It's a reason I keep thinking about replacing my current phone with a used iPhone X, though the 12 mini would be nicer for the screen s…
What do you mean by this, exactly? Not being funny, just don't understand this as a con.
What would you like to customise, and why? How is being unable to do so harmful to users?
Genuine questions, because I can't think of much I'd like to customise. Personally, I like not having options because it keeps things simple.
Next order of business is removing the Apple's marketplace monopolisation; the App Store should not be the only marketplace available.
What spin. "This will hurt small businesses in TV and Radio." Really!? That's the best argument they can come up with?
The actual quote: Facebook has also launched a website and taken out full-page advertisements in newspapers, in addition to a recent TV and radio ad push, to put a spotlight on how many small business owners depend on targeted ads. This is definitely a true statement. The vast majority of small businesses who advertise on FB will be hurt by this change. The best estimate to date is a 20-30% drop in marketing efficien…
I don't think I've ever seen a source for this. Could you post one, ideally one which is not subject to conflicts of interest (e.g. funded by the advertising industry)?
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Are you suggesting there is no difference between targeted and non-targeted advertisement?
Yup. Ebay for example gained revenue when they stopped buying targeted ads. More information here. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/advertising-part-2/
Nearly every company in the world does not fit that description, and I would bet that the vast majority of them would benefit from targeted advertising. One example being local stores targeted only to local people.
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Some level of targeting is necessary, for example it clearly makes no sense for a typical restaurant to advertise globally. The interesting question is much tracking adds on top of simpler targeting based on location and context.
Be careful not to conflate necessary with convenient . Static ads can still be local, e.g. in the local newspaper, on the radio station, on a sign post, or websites for local businesses/communities.
The fact that Facebook appears to consider user consent an existential threat to their business model tells me everything I need to know about them right now.
It's not just them. Anyone who still has the wrong assumption that targeted advertising even works is in for a massive revelation.
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Except Apple doesn't track you all across the internet at every possible opportunity without you knowing about it.
Not yet. But they could start any time they wanted to. Who would save you then?
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Apple's TOS surrounding this change prevent any sort of content-gating of this sort. Infractions may result in removal from the app store.
I'd be curious to see whether apple has the balls to remove fb from the app store
I dislike Apples closed ecosystem (anf google trying to do the same), but if it can weaken FB's grip on people, it might bring some benefit even to non apple customers.
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Apple's TOS surrounding this change prevent any sort of content-gating of this sort. Infractions may result in removal from the app store.
I'd be curious to see whether apple has the balls to remove fb from the app store