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Facebook Says Apple's iOS 14 Anti-Tracking Features Will Cut 50% of its Audience Network Ad Revenue
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...And the world gave a collective shrug to FB.
Sure FB will just charge more for whatever they will provide.
It's pretty clear that facebook would like to leave the Apple App Store if it were an option, such as by browser download
As the saying goes "You are the product. The advertisers are Facebook's customers"
Facebook users are not its customers. Its a free service. Feel free to leave it.
Having said that: What Apple did is fantastic.
I'm probably in the extreme minority, but I don't use FB except for the very rare occasion I'm looking to locate someone from my past. Other than that, I have no reason to use it.
Too bad Facebook. You never asked anyone if you could infiltrate our every move to begin with. You made a business on it and now a small sliver of our rightful privacy is coming back to us. You should be grateful with what you’ve earned during that time. How dare you expect there are no limits on what you think belongs to you.
edit: I haven’t used Facebook in over 12 years but their reach is still upsetting. I don’t doubt they have a file on non users like myself, and still capitalize on it.
edit: I haven’t used Facebook in over 12 years but their reach is still upsetting. I don’t doubt they have a file on non users like myself, and still capitalize on it.
Agree. Tracking is what allows FB to help put people at each others' throats by creating echo chambers. It has been proven that FB personalized ads also helps businesses to redline.
@gnasher729 My favorite targeted ads are when I'm on some random site on my phone and I get a ton of ads for the company I work for (I'm a web developer) because I visit the site a lot seeing as I HELP MAKE IT, despite not really being the target audience!!!!
This is like a stalker complaining that they can no longer watch their target undressing because s/he started closing the window more often. I don't understand why these companies ever think we are going to go "Oh noes! My targeted ad! What will I do if the ads are *gasp* more generic!??!?!". The truth is a TINY percentage of people click on those targeted or not. And some don't click on them because they are friggin' creepy. So it hurts a few companies, even some smaller businesses. That sucks I guess, but its worth it to protect our privacy. We as a society need to come up with better rules on managing privacy on the internet. The governments haven't really done too much on it, so Apple is doing what they can here....
This is like a stalker complaining that they can no longer watch their target undressing because s/he started closing the window more often. I don't understand why these companies ever think we are going to go "Oh noes! My targeted ad! What will I do if the ads are *gasp* more generic!??!?!". The truth is a TINY percentage of people click on those targeted or not. And some don't click on them because they are friggin' creepy. So it hurts a few companies, even some smaller businesses. That sucks I guess, but its worth it to protect our privacy. We as a society need to come up with better rules on managing privacy on the internet. The governments haven't really done too much on it, so Apple is doing what they can here....
So if the option is toggled OFF, that means tracking is completely disabled or it means they can do it without my permission?
Facebook are the premier repeat offender in customer digital rape. They consider themselves too big to fail and are acting accordingly. They just need to be taken down either by government pressure or similarly sized companies with better ethics like Apple.
"Facebook today warned advertisers that Apple's upcoming anti-tracking tools could cause a more than 50 percent drop in Audience Network publisher revenue..."
LMAO! The waaaambulance is on the way. Are we supposed to care that somebody is calling you out for your crappy practices of doing things without telling your users?
LMAO! The waaaambulance is on the way. Are we supposed to care that somebody is calling you out for your crappy practices of doing things without telling your users?
And again, especially in the case of Facebook, what is the down side? More win for everyone...
Let me just give you my initial response; oh noooooooo whatever will they do?
For corporations / businesses, making money is the main goal.
If the customer is helped out, it is a bonus but it is not the main goal.
Facebook can make money by charging its users or by advertising.
For people that disagree with Facebook's decisions, don't use the service.
I think you mean “product be damned”. With Facebook, the users are the product, and the customers are the companies shelling out cash for ads.
the actual customers are the companies, not the users. they are the product sold