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Apple Shares New 'Tracked' Ad With Humorous Real-World Analogy of App Tracking Transparency
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Stupid. We all use desktops, laptops, and other devices that aren't protected. Just about any website you go to allows facebook and google to track you even if you aren't a member.
Be reminded that using services such as the Appstore or even Facebook will still expose you to data tracking and profiling of habits it just prevents companies from following you around the internet with your unique ID which is what ATT is for.
Facebook can still see which groups I joined, which posts I liked but can no longer see that I visited WebMD because of a specific back pain I've been having and target me with back pillow or something when I hop on back to their apps.
If they are actually useful, I already pay for the ones I can. Procreate, adgaurd, flightradar, offine usgs maps like backcountry navigator are all ones I would pay decent money for. Subscriptions are a very hard sell to me. The only ones I have, I’m not paying necessarily for the app but the service, MotoGP, MLB.TV, Disney+. I don’t game much any more but I would pay good money if Sega, Sony and Nintendo released their old titles to modern mobile operating systems. Looking through I actually don’t even have free apps that I’m not paying them in some other way. Costo and Walmart for example.
Cross app tracking is nothing to do with cookies but a device identifier.
This commercial should win an Emmy. For real. That creepy banker lady leering over his shoulder at the itch cream was chef’s kiss. Then they took it to the next level with the finger-snap like effect disappearing everyone. It really is this creepy and imagery like this is what I’ve had in mind ever since I stopped using Facebook in 2010 and have been using content blockers for years.
Good ad. Nicely edited. Facebook should answer with their own ad touting their privacy invasion tactics with “You Belong To Me” playing in the background!
Brilliant add and if you were wondering who the music was by, it’s 1980’s British post punk feminists, Delta 5
Why is Thanos allowed to do this? We need to collectively oppose this overt egregious oppression we witness at the hands of the evil Thanos.
I recently spoke to a local small business owner and asked for their opinion about Thanos and the mysterious power it wields from a single touch. I could tell this was an upsetting to them, because they just turned and ran away from me.
You can make a lawsuit about anything. For example, Facebook is already claiming that this feature of letting users ask not to track is anti competitive. They have been crying foul since this feature was announced. Now with this ad, not only Apple advertises this feature, but it also encourages users to ask not to track, which will directly affect Facebook. Since Facebook considers itself a competitor of Apple, this could easily be an anti trust lawsuit.
Only people who lived in Prague knows that the motorbike scene happened after he got out of the car
Great Ad that serves its purpose. Those who are aware is not issue, but there are so many people out there that have no idea whats going on or how it goes on. Even I am surprised at some of the tactics, like adding a transparent 1 pixel image in emails to track you !!!
Albeit, I wonder why Apple is making an effort to spread this awareness since they don't make money over it. My only conclusion is that its an indirect hit to Google's Android OS and services, hence Apple does not really care about your privacy but they care about your privacy to divert you away from their competitor.
Albeit, I wonder why Apple is making an effort to spread this awareness since they don't make money over it. My only conclusion is that its an indirect hit to Google's Android OS and services, hence Apple does not really care about your privacy but they care about your privacy to divert you away from their competitor.
Apple is in the game to make money, they are a corporation and that's their purpose. Shareholders would be quite upset if Apple would spend money on stuff that does not ultimately help the bottom line.
So sure, they improve their iOS to have an advantage over the competition, to expand their customer base.
But it's also nice this is happening by adding privacy features and not just new gimmicky animations, color palettes, and such.
