Twitter and Facebook also have similar solutions. Have they been shut down too?
Twitter and Facebook have extensive OS level integrations put together by Apple.
Shutting Down a Service with 500M Requests per Month
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#12Twitter and Facebook also have similar solutions. Have they been shut down too?
"Too big to fail"
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#13Why do people continue to use MM for "million", especially outside of the context of money?
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#14Why do people continue to use MM for "million", especially outside of the context of money?
M is often used to mean 1,000 from the Roman Numeral, so using it to mean "one million" is confusing.
It's not just finance, but in other contexts too, such as online marketing CPM = Cost Per Thousand.
MM then is used to denote a thousand thousands, or one million. In online marketing sometimes you'll see CPMM = Cost Per Million.
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#15> your app uses public APIs in a manner not prescribed by Apple
What an enraging way to phrase this. I understand Apple's desire to shut this down, but they make their contempt for app developers obvious at every possible turn.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am ignorant of what iHasApp means in terms of users. Much less the ethics of it all. Why is what iHasApp did considered unethical?
Presumably parent is offended by the privacy violation. It allows developer of app A to know I have app B installed, which can be used to target adds etc.
While unlikely, it could be used for worse. Let's say a local or niche publication has an app and can detect if any of its subscribers are also using Grindr, Tinder, or some sort of app that signifies, to them, some cardinal sin on the part of the subscriber. That could be used to blackmail/shame/harass people.
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#17Why do people continue to use MM for "million", especially outside of the context of money?
M is often used to mean 1,000 from the Roman Numeral, so using it to mean "one million" is confusing. It's not just finance, but in other contexts too, such as online marketing CPM = Cost Per Thousand. MM then is used to denote a thousand thousands, or one million. In online marketing sometimes you'll see CPMM = Cost Per Million.
k is used for 1000, M for millions... damn americans.
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#18> your app uses public APIs in a manner not prescribed by Apple What an enraging way to phrase this. I understand Apple's desire to shut this down, but they make their contempt for app developers obvious at every possible turn.
That seems like an incredibly petty way to view it.
Apple's not out to get you. In fact, I'm glad they did this. That iHasApp looks creepy as hell, and it pisses me off that other devs were using it to basically spy on me. It reduces my trust in all apps.
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#19You are an unethical person. I'm pleasantly surprised Apple shut this down.
I completely agree. This is tantamount to spying on users. It's basically equivalent to some random game reading your entire contacts list and sending it to the company.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
M is often used to mean 1,000 from the Roman Numeral, so using it to mean "one million" is confusing. It's not just finance, but in other contexts too, such as online marketing CPM = Cost Per Thousand. MM then is used to denote a thousand thousands, or one million. In online marketing sometimes you'll see CPMM = Cost Per Million.
k is used for 1000, M for millions... damn americans.
blame the brits, not the americans.