181–190 of 371 posts
I'm very curious how this works, so this is from a report [0] from Flurry Analytics, "owned by Verizon Media, is used in over 1 million mobile applications, providing aggregated insights across 2 billion mobile devices per month" How is Flurry Analytics measuring app tracking on iOS devices? Are they just reporting how much they themselves are being disabled? [0] https://www.flurry.com/blog/ios-14-5-opt-in-rate-att-r…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Apple is disrupting whole economy for apps. I've been wondering why people aren't asking what kind of data is Apple itself collecting? Not only from users, but from the marketplace. Shouldn't users also give consent to what they share with Apple? Shouldn't businesses also choose to share info with Apple? This is gave us a sense of "justice as been done", but now we should look deeply into what the gatekeeper is doin…
> This is gave us a sense of "justice as been done", but now we should look deeply into what the gatekeeper is doing, to what benefit, and how balanced it made the playing field. Interestingly, Apple's Ad tracking doesn't show up under 'Settings > Privacy > Tracking' but instead tucked away at the bottom of the 'Settings > Privacy' menu. Apple's tracking also defaults to opt-out instead of the opt-in route taken for…
/s
I'm curious about the 4% of users who enabled it. Did they get tricked into doing so? Was it an accident? Or do some people out there really genuinely want to be tracked?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ads are paying for something with tracking. Expect prices of apps to go up.
Alternative take: Ads give unethical actors a systemic advantage, where they are willing to slap ads on to their products that can't justify charging otherwise. Expect more competition and higher standards as this artificial funding model is removed.
The systemic advantage is simple, it's having a good product, eg. Search for Google or a complete portal ( Amazon, Facebook).
What got easier?
I think this speaks to the power of defaults. 96% of users have not turned this on because they didn't even know that its disabled, and when an app asks you if they can track you, the response is going to be a strong no. The reality is that FB's entire business model has been predicated on the default being that tracking is allowed. If this holds, this will be cataclysmic for FB. You can't have a huge portion of your…
I don't really get how trends like this one (and IMO that's just the tip of the ice berg – this is companies preparing for the inevitable legislation that will make most forms of tracking illegal within the next 10 years) don't affect facebook or google stock. This IMO makes two scenarios likely: 1) The market is currently just dragging along, hoping this will all go away and we're really in a major ad-bubble that's…
I think this speaks to the power of defaults. 96% of users have not turned this on because they didn't even know that its disabled, and when an app asks you if they can track you, the response is going to be a strong no. The reality is that FB's entire business model has been predicated on the default being that tracking is allowed. If this holds, this will be cataclysmic for FB. You can't have a huge portion of your…
What happened next was people stopped going out with their phones, because any exposure would result in a Police enforced 14 day quarantine
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes the wording is confusing. If you turn it off it will block all apps from being able to track you without prompting. https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/26/allow-block-iphone-app-tracki...
That's not quite right. If you turn it off apps may still be able to track you nefariously but they'll be violating Apple's policies. Apple's explanation for wording it this way is that it's impossible to block all tracking through technical means at the system level because there will always be new nefarious tricks that malicious people will try to use against you. They can only do it at the policy level and try to…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably people working in the ads industry or facebook or amazon... makes quite a lot of people! Joke aside, I believe most people don't understand what this iOS popup wants from them: for most average users, it's another annoying popup that their device shows them and they don't really know what it means or what option they should choose (like the location ones, networking ones, bluetooth, ...). It happens a lot wi…
The user most definitively has to know these things. Your argument is a race to the bottom I think. We will end up with devices where the user has to know nothing, cannot do anything and is lazy and easily led. Just as moving yourself around on a bike is healthier than planting your ass in your car, so is thinking for yourself and _once_ in your life taking the time to figure out what that whole location sharing thin…
It's a side effect of eliminating friction when interacting with the product. Having to stop and read manuals or reflect or such is a big no-no and interferes with "engagement".
And it's wildly successful and common to cater to and foster intellectual laziness instead of, say, furthering education or individual mündigkeit.
Also, what rock do you live under? I want to join you.
Based on Apple’s job postings I’m beginning to suspect their stance on ads and tracking was nothing more than a clever ruse to weaken competitors while they build their own a personalized ad business for iOS: https://i.imgur.com/y1s9F4J They also just hired Facebook’s first ads targeting product manager to work for their ad platform. I don’t think Apple ads won’t be limited to the App Store within a couple years.
Has apple ever said they were anti ads? I thought their position was that they were anti tracking without consent.
But there is no core value that is anti-tracking or anti-ad, and all of these policies can be reversed the moment they no longer post a threat to people's enjoyment of Apple products.