Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules
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#2Thank you Apple for being one of the few protecting privacy
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#3The 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.
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#4> Some apps, like Facebook, allow for some data tracking to be manually disabled. But by default, it is turned on. That gives the company reams of personal data on who we are and what we are doing, which it then vacuums up, packages and sells.
My understanding is that Facebook does not sell this data, but rather lets advertisers create hyper-targeted ads, which are only possible because of this data.
Edit: Certainly not trying to defend Facebook here (in the slightest). Just trying to correct an inaccuracy in the article.
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#5You forgot the ? in the title, and made it click bait
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#6So interesting to see how more and more businesses realize they have a single point of failure for a billion dollars streams.
What's even more interesting is that I don't think many considered those as threats 10 years ago.
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#7The Grace Jones ad is discussed in more detail here:
https://adage.com/article/media/facebooks-new-commercial-nar...
Re: Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules
#8"which is increasingly going to move to a paid experience"
We already pay but with data instead of money. But we neither know the real cost nor the real consequences.
Re: Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules
#9In the future, you'll get to choose whether your phone vendor sells your data or censors what content you can access on it. It's gonna be great.
Re: Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules
#10> Some apps, like Facebook, allow for some data tracking to be manually disabled. But by default, it is turned on. That gives the company reams of personal data on who we are and what we are doing, which it then vacuums up, packages and sells. My understanding is that Facebook does not sell this data, but rather lets advertisers create hyper-targeted ads, which are only possible because of this data. Edit: Certainly…
Maybe it doesn't sell it directly, but it certainly sells it in the sense that it turns it into a product that people can pay for.