Such as?which can then be used in all the sinister ways that the term “track” implies.
Such as?which can then be used in all the sinister ways that the term “track” implies.
I'd go so far as to suggest it is impossible for any normal person to read though the T&C of every bit of software they install/use. The other day I say a reference to some software or other which had something like 500 pages of T&C.
And, if you think you could manage that, some company will just keep making it longer and longer until it is impossible.
Remembering that we have to interpret those T&C in conjunction with the law where we are, the law in which the T&C are cast and claimed to be justiciable. And every time there is an update we have to acquaint ourselves with any changes - which might or might not be easy to identify. In fact, every time here is a case which interprets the law anew or differently, we have to add that to the T&C as they apply.
Even restricting yourself to the few things you most use, it is an impossible task.
We need basic model T&C which apply at least across whole countries and do so pretty much automatically.
Like I said, I am not partial either way, I use windows notebooks now, but I am seriously thinking about a new macbook pro. This is just something that I have read and shared it with the readers here, since we are talking about privacy and apple. I don't know if it's accurate, but I know that notebookcheck is a fairly reliable source of tech information and I doubt they post, dare I say it, "fake NEUZ".That’s a helluva first post. Good to know, thank you. This needs its own article. I just logged on and have some catching up to do to see what discussion or coverage exists here on this site regarding this unsavory revelation.
Here’s what’s going to happen,
Facebook takes Instagram etc off of iPhones. Forces you to use safari
iPhone users complain. Apple either caves or creates their own social media platform.
Apple does not want to be in the social media business, too much money to invest in it.
And it’d be pretty easy for the UK to pass a law saying that all that data regarding UK Subjects must reside on servers in the UK.For anyone in the UK, facebook is now apparently going to relocate all your data to California. Removing it from the protection of EU regulation and opening it up (further) to USA authorities.
Funny how they have not taken out full page adverts to tell us all about this change.
As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon
Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him
As Brits wake up to Brexit next month, most will no longer find themselves stuck on an island in the Atlantic but ensconced in sunny California, courtesy of Facebook.
The social media giant has decided that, legally speaking, it makes much more sense for UK residents to stop officially residing in Europe and will pile all British Facebook souls onto a boat and ship ‘em to the Golden State, as it has with others in the world.
Why? Privacy, of course. European citizens are covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which prevents Facebook from gathering and selling their personal information without explicit permission. But Facebook loves selling people’s personal data – so much in fact it has built the entire company’s business model around it. And so, you leave Europe, you end up in California.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/16/facebook_uk_users/
We'd need a government with the will and ability to do that.And it’d be pretty easy for the UK to pass a law saying that all that data regarding UK Subjects must reside on servers in the UK.
The fact that Facebook is desperate to prevent users from opting out of targeted tracking tells you everything you need to know about their business model.
There's nothing wrong with Apple pursuing its profit motive. The key distinction is how Apple and Facebook generate profit. Only one of these companies generates 99% of its profit from advertising. The other is a hardware company.
Really? Because I get the sense from your post that you do not think Apple is perfect, and I out and out said it, so "every post on here.." is disingenuous at best. There are quite a few posts that imply Apple can do no right (and really, why come here if you feel that way? but I digress).Really? Every post on here is that Apple is perfect and its ok for them to track. They can track all they want and targets users because Apple is just, and righteous, and good. BUT the big but is no-one else can track because they aren't Apple. And yea they don't have $2T in the bank, fine they are worth over $2T and they use that net worth to get what they want from other companies.
Hmm... "Do you want to allow garage band to access the microphone?"Oh really? So when you open up an apple app will you get the popup to allow or decline tracking. NOONONONONONOONO you will not. That popup will only come on third party apps. If you want to turn off Apple's tracking, you have to manually go into the settings and find the toggle to turn it off, which the vast majority of users will never do.
No one is giving you anything FOR FREE. If you aren't paying $$, you are selling yourself, and quite probably getting less than market value sense you can't really negotiate.I'm not defending Facebook. I am calling out Apple. Apple is not some kind of messianic company. They are tracking and targeting their users for billions of dollars. Everyone likes to throw stones at not just Facebook but google and all the other social media companies. BUT they don't realize that they are using all those social media apps and video apps for free. BUT they gave thousands and thousands of their dollars away to Apple. So who's worse in this scenario. We are in the middle of a pandemic for almost all of 2020 and people are hurting financially. Apple charges $1000 for their phones, but Google and Facebook give you platforms you love to use FOR FREE. Apple lets you into their ecosystem after you part with thousands of dollars. Google and Facebook et all do it without touching your wallet. They just target you with ads. OH THE HUMANITY!
"If we don't, they will block Facebook from the App Store...”
One can only dream. Facebook is a disease.
Love this kind of thinking. Facebook is bad because they provide a service I use for free, but they generate 99% of their income through advertising. Apple is good because I give them thousands and thousands of dollars for all my gadgets which become obsolete in a year, but they still had a ad platform which is not subject to any regulation. It's ok that Apple does it because they don't generate as much of their income from advertising as Facebook does. Damn do the cultists on here even stop and think about their rationalizations before they type them out?
Exactly that. I remember investing small amounts of money to promote some posts, and all I got was likes from fake FB profiles of non existent people who never respond to messages and who have over 2000 friends and like everything that exists on the platform. And of you want to complain? Well, there is no customer support and never will be. This platform is to make money, and only for that. So, FB is not a Santa Klaus trying to help small businesses, they're only trying to help themselves.I have a small business as a side job. When I post on Facebook from my business page Facebooks algorithms are setup so basically no one ever sees it, even if they have liked my page. They made this change a few years ago as a HUGE money grab. Don't even get me started on the way they treat small businesses on Instagram.
False. I currently have a subscription and that does not apply where I have ads or tracking. [And yes, I double checked my source to make sure neither of which apply.]You can't even pay to not see ads. Get a subscription to NYT and guess what, still ads and tracking
Your apple gadgets are obsolete in a year? .wow my 4 year old apple tv still runs everything, my iphone x is still running ios 14 fine, my 4 year old ipad pro still runs everything my 3 year old airpods work fine...if your buying an i device every year then you are buying into their magic fairy dust campaign every year, buying apple device every release cycle is for addicts.Love this kind of thinking. Facebook is bad because they provide a service I use for free, but they generate 99% of their income through advertising. Apple is good because I give them thousands and thousands of dollars for all my gadgets which become obsolete in a year, but they still had a ad platform which is not subject to any regulation. It's ok that Apple does it because they don't generate as much of their income from advertising as Facebook does. Damn do the cultists on here even stop and think about their rationalizations before they type them out?
False. I currently have a subscription and that does not apply where I have ads or tracking. [And yes, I double checked my source to make sure neither of which apply.]
Oh, you don’t have to pay to not see ads, there’s plenty of ways around that if you’re versed in some simple tactics that will prohibit tracing.
That is one thing that apple does in the iOS side of things. Updates. On the pc side of things, not so much. Which is weird. My son has my old iphone 6s and it's running 14.4 like a champ. However, macbooks are paperweights in 5 or 6 years when they can, quite easily run MacOS for years beyond that if they just allowed updating. I have a 2007 acer that is running windows 10 20H2 perfectly fine.Your apple gadgets are obsolete in a year? .wow my 4 year old apple tv still runs everything, my iphone x is still running ios 14 fine, my 4 year old ipad pro still runs everything my 3 year old airpods work fine...if your buying an i device every year then you are buying into their magic fairy dust campaign every year, buying apple device every release cycle is for addicts.