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50% of iPad Magazine Subscribers Allow Apple to Pass Info to Publishers

Full of Win said:
Why would anyone give them this info - you are just lining the pubs pockets when they sell your info to others.
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You hate everything don't you?

Like it or not advertising pays for most of our entertainment. Everything from sports to TV to movies. What's the big deal? Ignore what you don't like and pay attention to what you want.

Personally I don't care. Send me all the crap you want. Some of it I may actually care about. No harm, no foul.

I wish people here would grow up about companies trying to make money. It's what companies do. But just because they do something that makes them money does not make them evil. Geech. :rolleyes:
 
I said yes to The New Yorker, so I would have access to back issues on their website...
 
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In an amazing twist, the story also highlights that 50% of users disagree with sharing data!
 
As a rule I wouldn't, but then again, when I thick about what I've given out to enter contests....etc.

Says a lot about App store trust, as noted. I hope that never comes back to bite "us".
 
old-wiz said:
So you say "Don't allow", but does that mean they really don't get the info?
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Apple has the information (in your Apple ID), the publisher does not. The In-App purchase API for subscriptions is what triggers this message, inside the OS.

By default, no app seller can get ANY info about the buyers. They just know how many bought it and when those sales happened. What likely happened here is that publishers asked for the subscription info, and Apple said "Okay, but only if the user permits us to. It isn't our information to give you."

Now, if the button doesn't work, that's bad on Apple. This isn't a case though where the dialog comes up after the app itself has the information. What likely happens is that the subscriber info appears to the seller through iTunes Connect, and the app never gets it in any way, shape or form.
 
Popeye206 said:
You hate everything don't you?

Like it or not advertising pays for most of our entertainment. Everything from sports to TV to movies. What's the big deal? Ignore what you don't like and pay attention to what you want.

Personally I don't care. Send me all the crap you want. Some of it I may actually care about. No harm, no foul.

I wish people here would grow up about companies trying to make money. It's what companies do. But just because they do something that makes them money does not make them evil. Geech. :rolleyes:
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Only Grade-A suckers do something for free. If they want my demographic data, then I want something in return (e.g. 20% off). It's business, don't ask for something of value and not offer something in return. Same thing with paperless billing, The only time I have agreed in the past was when I received a credit or gift certificate in return.
 
Popeye206 said:
You hate everything don't you?

Like it or not advertising pays for most of our entertainment. Everything from sports to TV to movies. What's the big deal? Ignore what you don't like and pay attention to what you want.

Personally I don't care. Send me all the crap you want. Some of it I may actually care about. No harm, no foul.

I wish people here would grow up about companies trying to make money. It's what companies do. But just because they do something that makes them money does not make them evil. Geech. :rolleyes:
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Most of the modern magazines are just crap. Their main purpose is to deliver ads more than content.

Sure companies want to make money. But there is nothing wrong with making them work hard for it. People can be informed consumers and demand certain standards in ad delivery and product quality. If a product is good enough, then the company does not need our personal information to get the word out.
 
Full of Win said:
Only Grade-A suckers do something for free. If they want my demographic data, then I want something in return (e.g. 20% off). It's business, don't ask for something of value and not offer something in return. Same thing with paperless billing, The only time I have agreed in the past was when I received a credit or gift certificate in return.
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You know, thinking about your statement, Apple really deserves kudos. They have 100's of million names and info and yet, do nothing with it to my knowledge. Obviously they do have some opt in things, but buying a Mac or having an iTunes account dosent translate into junk mail.

It will be interesting to see how Google does overtime since all their free OS's are supported by ad sales.
 
I said no.

They did dangle a carrot that me think about it though. The offer to have access to every previous copy since 1925. BTW, they asked me twice.
 
Buying apps!

How about buying apps we should get an option too if we allow developers to have our information. I've heard that some developers are just creating a free apps to get our informations to spam our emails. I've been getting a lot of spam emails recently from app developers. Not only email spam, I've been getting a lot of calls from telemarketers too. I wonder if Apple shares our informations to app developers then app developers to whoever they want. Since this privacy issue is been brought out I start making connections how I started getting unnecessary calls and emails. Did anybody else have the same situation like me?
 
and I wonder if/how someone can opt-out if they accidentally (or purposely) opted-in already.

If the ability to opt-in/out was ALWAYS available somewhere on the app, I bet more people would try opting in and see how much junk/spam/annoyances they got.
 
joueboy said:
How about buying apps we should get an option too if we allow developers to have our information. I've heard that some developers are just creating a free apps to get our informations to spam our emails. I've been getting a lot of spam emails recently from app developers. Not only email spam, I've been getting a lot of calls from telemarketers too. I wonder if Apple shares our informations to app developers then app developers to whoever they want. Since this privacy issue is been brought out I start making connections how I started getting unnecessary calls and emails. Did anybody else have the same situation like me?
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Not at all. I am a developer and I can in no way shape or form, think of how to get your information unless I secretly accessed your Contacts in a dummy application and sent it over. First, I would not know which one is actually you and secondly, this would not work except by luck, because the great thing about a regulated App Store is that Apple actually reviews the application and accounts for the data sent over the network (especially after the Aurora Feint stuff).
 
My bet is (as mentioned before) that half of this 50% didn't read the actual message in small font, and misinterpreted the pop up as the one that quite often shows up on first use to ask for your location.
 
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Michael Scrip said:
How much information are we talking about here?

When you subscribe to the paper magazine... the publishers know EVERYTHING about you!

And now, not only are they losing 30% to Apple... you don't think they should know anything about their subscribers either?

I dunno... I'm kinda on the side of the publishers on this one... :confused:
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If you buy the magazine at a news stand, they make less money and don't get to learn anything about you either.
 
Michael Scrip said:
The news stand price is $5 an issue... are you sure they don't make any money?
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Oh, they make money for sure - but they have the distributer to pay - plus there's the printing, transport logistics etc.

My point is that there are retail channels already in place where they don't get to learn the contact details of their readers... so having the potential of larger sales over the 'net (at the expense of a smaller proportion of contact details) is still good business.
 
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