The only aspect of this story which surprises me is that 25% of iOS users opted in to tracking.
I doubt most of it was on purpose
Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
61–70 of 632 posts
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#62I would call it a huge success
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#63The only aspect of this story which surprises me is that 25% of iOS users opted in to tracking.
Probably just people mashing "ok" without paying attention.
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#64Facebook: “We believe that personalized ads and user privacy can coexist.”
No-one else does.
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#65It’s almost as if, given information and a choice, people prefer not to have their eyeballs monetized.
Of course, if this catches on (and I hope it does), we ultimately run up against “people prefer not to pay for things.” Will be fun to watch.
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#66How in the world can this be considered reasonable for them to track you across other apps and sites? This like if the local grocery store owner would install hidden cameras to spy on me at home and at work and in the car and one day somebody forced them to ask if I'm sure that's what I want them to do.
This all makes me start feeling like I might finally want an iPhone...
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#67If people opt out of what you're doing to them as soon as they're made aware you're doing it, then perhaps that's a sign that you shouldn't have been doing it in the first place.
I don't even believe that 25% of users actually wanted tracking. I think a lot of people just blindly tap buttons to make annoyances go away, and these guys just hit the wrong button.
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#68The only aspect of this story which surprises me is that 25% of iOS users opted in to tracking.
Plenty of people find value in things like better ads or more connectivity across sites. Tracking can imrpove some services (I let maps keep my location history) and while I always use adblocks on PC, I admit to have found interesting relevant to me stores on instagram presumably because they keep data about me.
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#69How in the world can this be considered reasonable for them to track you across other apps and sites? This like if the local grocery store owner would install hidden cameras to spy on me at home and at work and in the car and one day somebody forced them to ask if I'm sure that's what I want them to do. This all makes me start feeling like I might finally want an iPhone...
...and then, when finally prevented from doing so, they issued a quavery-voiced lament about how not being able to secretly film people without their consent will "hurt my ability to run my camsite efficiently and effectively."
Re: Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
#70Facebook: “We believe that personalized ads and user privacy can coexist.” No-one else does.
Also Facebook, silently: "Please, please don't ask us how 'personalized ads' actually work."