How many users Facebook or Instagram has is beside the point which is that Apple is most definitely abusing its market position.
Maybe. But I would say this is a case where the consumers’ interests aligns with Apple’s.
Dickhead of the Week: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri
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#12I'd be way more interested in actually reading this if the headline didn't contain pointless profanities. Like this, I tag it Fanboi-ism and move on.
It's completely justified in context.
Nobody could be mislead into thinking that "Vitamin Water" is a healthy drink.
Same level of idiotic justification for the detriment of the consumer.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you share your reasoning as to why this is Apple abusing its market position? To me it appears that Apple is simply giving users control and transparency in what data is being used. I understand your point to be that because Apple is so large and controls a large market, they can't make changes like this? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if that is your point, then I would have to disagree. By this reasoning, what…
You're 100% right. Everything Apple does can be construed as "abuse" if someone is willing to argue in bad faith. iOS now tells you when one app pastes content from the clipboard, if the contents of the clipboard came from another app. e.g., You copy a zip code from Messages, and then switch to the "HN-Maps" app. If HN-Maps sniffs the clipboard in order to suggest that zip code as a destination, you see a notificatio…
> iOS now tells you when one app pastes content from the clipboard, if the contents of the clipboard came from another app.
Does it do that for all apps, or only non-Apple-apps?
Re: Dickhead of the Week: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri
#14I hate being in a position to defend Facebook or Instagram, but independent of the size of any of the platforms, Apple is a gatekeeper for them, not the other way around.
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#15I might be one of the few, but I like the ads I see on Instagram and have purchased lots of things via IG ads. I can’t think of any other app/site where the ads have sucked me in.
I realize this is besides the point, but I thought it was worth sharing in terms of how they might be doing personalization. For me, it’s so good that it actually works.
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#16How many users Facebook or Instagram has is beside the point which is that Apple is most definitely abusing its market position.
Neither Apple nor Facebook own my privacy. The fact that some people are turning this into an argument about Apples walled garden is a very convenient way to side step the real issue which is that some organisations feel entitled to my data when in fact that should be up to me if I want to share it or not.
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#17Having just finished watching The Social Dilemma about fifteen minutes ago -- then hopping onto HN to satisfy the itch before bedtime (the irony is not lost) to read some commentary about Apple, Instagram, and Facebook.
"There are millions of [small businesses] out there that rely on us to target customers and to reach those customers." (quote from Instagram CEO)
I'm not an Instagram user / customer / product -- but it seems disingenuous for the CEO of Instagram to claim the company's primary concern is these myriad tiny companies, other than in the context of them indirectly buoying up Instagram's business.
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#18I hate being in a position to defend Facebook or Instagram, but independent of the size of any of the platforms, Apple is a gatekeeper for them, not the other way around.
Are you of the opinion that Apple increasing security and anonymity for the end user is a bad thing?
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#19I CAN'T WAIT for decentralized infrastructure to finally become robust enough that clones of instagram and facebook can all share a network -- they'll all become portals to the same social graph data. When that happens, there will no longer be any reason to put up with this abuse of privacy garbage.
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#20I hate being in a position to defend Facebook or Instagram, but independent of the size of any of the platforms, Apple is a gatekeeper for them, not the other way around.
However, hasn't this happened just because they themselves wanted to be mobile first - mostly due to the fact that it was (and partially still is) a "virgin territory" in which abusing users privacy is easer? Sounds like they should only blame themselves...