The slippery slope
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The slippery slope
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Re: The slippery slope
#2This article is complaining about the steps apple took to prevent guid tracking but framing it as being done explicitly to trick the user.
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#3To disable Ad Tracking under IOS, go to Settings > General > About > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking to On
This is a worthwhile read (with excellent examples) on the ubiquitous "Click here to not receive third-party messages" pattern.
Re: The slippery slope
#4This article is complaining about the steps apple took to prevent guid tracking but framing it as being done explicitly to trick the user.
I would suggest that the article makes a very good case for it being done to explicitly trick the user. Apple particularly gives a huge amount of consideration for making an intuitive and obvious UI. It's not a big leap to assert that in this case, they've made it as difficult as they can to opt out while still offering the choice.
Re: The slippery slope
#5This article is complaining about the steps apple took to prevent guid tracking but framing it as being done explicitly to trick the user.
I would suggest that the article makes a very good case for it being done to explicitly trick the user. Apple particularly gives a huge amount of consideration for making an intuitive and obvious UI. It's not a big leap to assert that in this case, they've made it as difficult as they can to opt out while still offering the choice.
More than likely it was done to protect the users privacy while keeping the exact same user experience. The protections were made behind the scenes with additional options made available to the user, but disabled by default.
The transitions from guid had the potential to break many apps so encouraging users to disable it would have likely caused many unintended side effects in addition to cluttering the ui and annoying users with unknown options.
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#6Long, but worth reading — a great overview of shady techniques that many startups may feel are worth employing to bump their growth stats.
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#7This reminds me of the android ui for turning of WiFi when the screen is off. It used to be on one of the settings pages. Now you have to go to settings, WiFi, menu, advanced. There are numerous articles in the Google index of people having trouble finding this option. It makes a WiFi only tablet last for a very long time without recharging if you don't use it too much. Why would they want to hide that option?
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#8I wish there was a browser plugin or something that displays all the blackhat manipulation a site employs as you visit it, and give alternative options.
Re: The slippery slope
#9To disable Ad Tracking under IOS, go to Settings > General > About > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking to On This is a worthwhile read (with excellent examples) on the ubiquitous "Click here to not receive third-party messages" pattern.
This fall onwards it'll be: Settings > Privacy > Advertising.
Re: The slippery slope
#10This reminds me of the android ui for turning of WiFi when the screen is off. It used to be on one of the settings pages. Now you have to go to settings, WiFi, menu, advanced. There are numerous articles in the Google index of people having trouble finding this option. It makes a WiFi only tablet last for a very long time without recharging if you don't use it too much. Why would they want to hide that option?
Kind of prefer it is hidden myself. As a developer with apps that sometimes upload and the like in the background, I don't want countless emails from users who have flipped that switch and can't get their scores to post or whatever.