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Apple Software Chief Craig Federighi Defends App Tracking Transparency Feature
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I get it, I don't pay for stuff I don't use either. But come on - you got to admit it's a bit rich to put others down for their perceived failings while claiming to not use any free service where they use your privacy as the payment... on a site supported through (targeted) ads... while blocking said ads and therefore the site's income. It's not exactly a pristine position to be judging others from.
You can see that right? You seem like you have your head on straight.
What about when Apple tracks everything you do on your computer?
Oh I am under no illusion that I am targeted for ads on MacRumors or other sites. But I don't complain about it and if I didn't like I would no longer use the service. My point is everyone on here is using a service which they know full well targets them for ads in every way they can, yet they still use the service for free and then complain about it.
They're fixing that in an upcoming release with a user opt out option.
I mean, I guess it's handy for when you download some dinky app from an unknown creator to do something menial like figure out tipping. Otherwise it's not like we don't already know what the biggest apps are doing, we just use those apps anyway. Being alerted doesn't stop the data mining practices.
Do you really think anyone honestly doesn't realize Facebook targets them in every single way they can. Yes Facebook uses sneaky ways to maximize their earnings. Apple does too, maybe not in targeted advertising, but there are a lot of shady labor practices Apple engages in to keep those industry high profit margins. So everyone using an iPhone can't complain about workers in China when they are in America or Europe with a house full of Apple products. I love to call out hypocrisy and the height of hypocrisy is engaging in a service that you know full well up front is targeting you and then after using the product and enjoying it for free calling out the company for targeting you. Every time you open up Facebook you are agreeing to be targeted and should lose the right to complain about it.
They might be, but the point is I think it's a bit rich if they didn't and then tried to make others look bad.
Oh please. Websites would die off if either of your "options" were followed. The internet market is based on targeted add delivery. Privacy zealots love the benefit of "free" websites but don't want to "pay". But keep trumpeting the privacy soap box and watch all the content you love disappear.
Well... it's not clear to me that this will work. Current app ecosystem was built on advertising. If the users are allowed to opt out, it may reduce app developer incomes significantly. They may not have a choice but to increase the prices. Are we ready to go back to the era of $100+ apps? If people are given two choices: free app with usage tracking or a $100+ app, how many will choose the second option? If a very small fraction of users go with the second option, Apple efforts will be wasted and they will have to abandon this idea. We'll see.
Aside from Apples hardware and software standards, the reason I remain so loyal to them as a company isn’t just for new products and nifty iOS features, they truly believe in protecting my privacy, given we live in a world where you can easily be infiltrated without knowing. Features like this needs to happen sooner than later.
Apple cares about your privacy because they are mainly a hardware company. All of their software services are built to get people to buy their hardware. Make no mistake if Apple was a software company they would do the same thing. Apple is a business just like Facebook. Just like when you buy a new Mac why is Apple soldering in the RAM? Huh could it be so that you have to pay $500 or $1000 to max out the RAM where if would cost a fraction of that to buy the RAM on Amazon and install it yourself. Apple loves profits and maximizes them in every single way possible just like every single company out there including Facebook. Apple also loves to act self righteous about privacy, but they suddenly go quiet on things like Chinese labor practices or bowing down to the authoritarian Chinese government. Remember the Hong Kong protests, it took about five minutes before Apple caved to the Chinese government and booted apps from the app store the Chinese government didn't like. Apple really doubles down on privacy to distract from their own shady practices. People need to realize Apple is an American capitalist company like all the rest and is no better or no worse than any other company.
I guess that's symbolic of the way the megacorps are watching everything we do, every site we visit, and everything we buy. For the record, I quit FB 5y ago, and have never signed up for Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Tik Tok. Whatzapp is the only SM tool I use. But I'm not so naive to think that my digital fingerprint is small. So any help I can get from Apple, I'll take it.
Yet websites made money long before targeted spyware.
If tracking was outlawed, I‘m pretty sure that websites would do just fine with nontargeted ads and subscriptions. Paper magazines used to get most of their revenue from nontargeted ads (only targeted to their general readership).
Yep, and then the same people will be complaining saying they are greedy capitalist companies and services like Facebook are a human right and should be free. Then they'll want the government ...ie taxpayers to pay to subsidize all these "free" services. Gotta love the short sighted thinking of the society we live in today. There are two ways of paying for all these services. Either through a subscription fee or through targeted advertising. Best scenario would be they offer a choice and let you pay a monthly subscription to use Facebook and then they do no targeting or ads or second option let it continue to be free and they can harvest all the info they can from you.
I would rather have them address something Apple does. Like Big Sur contacting Apple servers every time user runs an app. Bypassing all firewalls, network monitoring and VPNs.
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Yes Internet 2.0. Where all your data is yours and every single website charges a subscription fee to join. MacRumors would charge a monthly fee as would every one of the other 3.5 gazilion websites on the new Internet 2.0. And every iOS and Android app we use today we also charge a monthly subscription fee to use.
I am not against ads, I am against personalised ads without my consent especially done by tracking me without my knowledge.
I am also against too many ads, when is enough is enough, lately I see youtube racing the ads and ad time considerably.
I criticize Apple a lot more than praise them, but I still love this company and we have to give credit where credit is due.
Thank you for protecting privacy and leading the industry on this. Not sure how long it's going to last, but I hope Apple keeps this in their DNA. Bravo 👏👏👏
Thank you for protecting privacy and leading the industry on this. Not sure how long it's going to last, but I hope Apple keeps this in their DNA. Bravo 👏👏👏