I also have AdGuard installed, so maybe fewer of them are actually able to see me?
Edit: AdGuard wasn't running and after turning it on I still only have 3 blocked trackers.
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I also have AdGuard installed, so maybe fewer of them are actually able to see me?
Hmm, I got 2 trackers myself, but I did pay for the annual membership.
Yep this also is true, a bunch of sheepFacebookers already know damn well they're tracked and mined and collated and amortized and monetized to all hell --- And They Don't Care.
It's all about the Likes. It's all about addiction. This tracking warning screen won't do nuthin to stop them from clicking through. None of them will leave the platform They're all plugged into the matrix .
You guys realize that you don't need to wait for Apple to enable this feature, right? You can go into Facebook and disable ad tracking right now with a few clicks.Yet I have no way to opt out of being tracked? FB needs to take a chill pill. We are the ones affected by their creepy behavior. cry me a river.
This is my problem, some niched small social groups exist only in fb. Fb kind of replaced bb forums on stuff I was doing 10 years ago, it feels like everyone I know migrated but it’s definitely harder to reach other people without knowing their usernames from the get go because a lot of people I know are international and not easy to find like in the US
Precisely I have some international fossil collecting and selling friends as Facebook/Messenger is the only way to keep in touch for them. Texting is not a way, email can be used but it is not much.Agreed I wasn’t born here and there’s countries where FB is a must. Everyone is in there, including finding jobs. And it’s the only way to contact them, I guess it’s akin to wechat in China. Thankfully it’s not integrated to everything in the USA.
People need to get off their high horse when complaining about Facebook and their tracking activities. Macrumours tracks your activities and there is nothing you can do about it. You either accept the cookies that track you or if you disagree you simply do not use the website. And yes, there is nothing you can do about it if Macrumours class the activity as 'Essential' because only some things in a cookie can be disabled. Anything that is classed as 'Essential' can not be disabled. I would guess that 99.9% of the websites in the internet do this, they have an 'Essential' section of a tracking cookie that cannot be disabled and as yet I do not see people complaining about Macrumours activites.
In another thread on the subject, a forum member posted a screen shot of their mobile phone showing that when conntecting to Macrumours website, there was 35 (i think it was 35) tracking instances registered by an app the member uses to see what is going on behind the scenes. So people, engage your brains properly before you spout of your tirade against Facebook and others because websites are just as bad as well.
Eh I don’t have a real account or an account in my phone although I have fb stock I bought when it was low 😆 I think as a business of tracking peoples interest and selling ads I would want people to have an option to not be track easily.You guys realize that you don't need to wait for Apple to enable this feature, right? You can go into Facebook and disable ad tracking right now with a few clicks.
And ad tracking isn't the only thing FB tracks on you.You guys realize that you don't need to wait for Apple to enable this feature, right? You can go into Facebook and disable ad tracking right now with a few clicks.
Also TBC, no one argues that Apple ignores its own interests, or that they're fallen down a few times. But the irrefutable truth is that versus competitors they're way out front in matters of privacy and security, and the reason is obvious: their profit model does not depend on monetizing your data. People who point to exceptions use them to create false equivalencies and whataboutisms in some weird effort to obfuscate the truth: Apple is just better at this and more committed to it than competitors. It is not hypocritical to stand for privacy and security while you're taking steps in that direction yourself, even if those steps aren't as fast or complete as some people demand in that instant. They're starting from a better position and moving in the right direction. And if someone likes Android, or Gmail, or Alexa, or a third party mail client, or WhatsApp, or whatever else, for whatever convenience reasons they perceive, fine, but they shouldn't kid themselves that the Apple ecosystem is a superior space if you don't want someone selling off knowledge about you.TBC, this is a good thing Apple is doing. Their practice is just hypocritical and self-serving. Of course, they're a corporation, and so many people here are fans of a corporation. So let's cheer about how much better Apple is than FB.
Right... My Space is a usable replacementI wish people that think Facebook is the best way to stay up to date with people were paying attention to this.
Facebook needs you to survive and profit. You do not need facebook.
Baloney. There is a minimum level of a user experience that Apple is aiming for, which is why it is collecting data about you. That doesn't stop someone for example, for activating their iphone without an apple id...which is definitely doable.Imagine if that same explanation was used for its own default apps and apps that are automatically installed.
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TBC, this is a good thing Apple is doing. Their practice is just hypocritical and self-serving. Of course, they're a corporation, and so many people here are fans of a corporation. So let's cheer about how much better Apple is than FB.
Also TBC, no one argues that Apple ignores its own interests, or that they're fallen down a few times. But the irrefutable truth is that versus competitors they're way out front in matters of privacy and security, and the reason is obvious: their profit model does not depend on monetizing your data. People who point to exceptions use them to create false equivalencies and whataboutisms in some weird effort to obfuscate the truth: Apple is just better at this and more committed to it than competitors. It is not hypocritical to stand for privacy and security while you're taking steps in that direction yourself, even if those steps aren't as fast or complete as some people demand in that instant. They're starting from a better position and moving in the right direction. And if someone likes Android, or Gmail, or Alexa, or a third party mail client, or WhatsApp, or whatever else, for whatever convenience reasons they perceive, fine, but they shouldn't kid themselves that the Apple ecosystem is a superior space if you don't want someone selling off knowledge about you.
Ross is that you ?Precisely I have some international fossil collecting and selling friends as Facebook/Messenger is the only way to keep in touch for them. Texting is not a way, email can be used but it is not much.