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One thing that removes a lot of credibility from Apple's "for the good of the user" communication on this is that they broke out the personalization for their own ad network as an option, put it in a different location, and made it opt-out instead of opt-in. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-a...
One thing that removes a lot of credibility from Apple's "for the good of the user" communication on this is that they broke out the personalization for their own ad network as an option, put it in a different location, and made it opt-out instead of opt-in. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-a...
I'd personally prefer not to have any of the ad tracking stuff, especially at the OS level.
One thing that removes a lot of credibility from Apple's "for the good of the user" communication on this is that they broke out the personalization for their own ad network as an option, put it in a different location, and made it opt-out instead of opt-in. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-a...
One could argue that the initial policy was anti competitive because it artificially inflated Apple's offering over its competitors...
This is unfortunate. Adtech is a cancer. We don't need to give it time to adapt, we need to shut it down.
The only cancer is people spewing compost without any depth to their thinking. Adtech has powered things since dawn of civilization. Here educate yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_advertising If you just flat out ban shit without nuanced understanding, you hurt people more than help. Facebook will pivot, they will charge people for video or gaming or oculus. But there will be no shopify, no tv shows,…
Any chance a cheque has been written behind closed doors here?
This is unfortunate. Adtech is a cancer. We don't need to give it time to adapt, we need to shut it down.
The only cancer is people spewing compost without any depth to their thinking. Adtech has powered things since dawn of civilization. Here educate yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_advertising If you just flat out ban shit without nuanced understanding, you hurt people more than help. Facebook will pivot, they will charge people for video or gaming or oculus. But there will be no shopify, no tv shows,…
This is unfortunate. Adtech is a cancer. We don't need to give it time to adapt, we need to shut it down.
It pays for the modern web. It is probably in need of more transparency and clear user defined controls but hardly a cancer.
This is unfortunate. Adtech is a cancer. We don't need to give it time to adapt, we need to shut it down.
It pays for the modern web. It is probably in need of more transparency and clear user defined controls but hardly a cancer.
This is unfortunate. Adtech is a cancer. We don't need to give it time to adapt, we need to shut it down.