Doesn't matter where/who it's from as long as it makes them money!
My philosophy is that if you can't make a profit without taking a person's info without their consent, much less knowledge, then you don't belong in business.
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P&G Wanted to Skirt App Tracking Transparency Rules With China Data Collection Tech [Updated]
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My philosophy is that if you can't make a profit without taking a person's info without their consent, much less knowledge, then you don't belong in business.
I have a feeling many others will try their luck too. Hopefully Apple stands firm.
It exists because some people actually don't mind targeted ads, and Apple can make a few bucks out of it.
Apple have always given users the opportunity to opt out. You can do it now, by choosing Limit Ad Tracking in Settings. That has global effect for all apps on the phone. You don't have to wait for an iOS update to do that.
The forthcoming change is more fine-grained (app by app basis) and requires positive affirmation on the part of the user. Which can only be an improvement.
Bounty is a Mars version of Mounds. It's also better as the coconut in Mounds/Almond Joy is usually stale.
Bounty is “the taste of paradise”
If you like coconut, you might like them.I once rode a Vespa to a beach in Crete, where they filmed an exotic advert for it.
I like how the story talks about how P&G is in bed with the China Advertising Association, but the picture shows the NBA app. What subtle message is Macrumors seeking to covey?
Sadly all of these laws will allow some sort of a loophole where you have to agree to be tracked to use the service I’m sure...
The fact they go to this extent to circumvent anti-tracking policies shows how necessary some sort of law is. Or at least give people the option to pay for privacy?
I'm sure this congress is going to get right on the idea that corporations need to stop tracking people. Yeah. Any. Day. Now...
One thing I want to point out. China’s development most of the time discards a lot of stuff western world wants to protect, so they can have an easier development environment than in western world, for example facial recognition and this tracking thing. If Apple more or less renders IDFA useless for tracking purposes, CIDA could rise and replace IDFA, continuing to allow ad company to track their customers undeterred. If that one is killed by Apple? No worries, Chinese will come up with a new one after that is presumably better at tracking. This could become a cat and mouse game. Core issue i believe is Chinese people don’t value privacy as this is not part of their culture, but that’s the topic for another day.
When did intrusive, creepy, tracking driven advertising become 'useful content'?
i’ve seen this posted in response to a few different comments so assume it is some sort of meme that makes sense to Septics?
Yes, but if you say that communists are unfit to exist, you'll probably get banned as a hater. Never mind that it's true, based on stats as simple as body count (Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc).
Your "feelings" are all wrong. Stop assuming so much about people based on brief internet comments. I am happy for my products to be made outside the USA. I am not okay with the way China has been playing games and I don't support anyone doing business there and then preaching to other countries about peoples rights. If American companies want to act all superior and ethical then they need to back it up by refusing to work with China until they stop enslaving and imprisoning people for their religious or political beliefs. The Chinese Communists are causing massive human rights violations and no one with any power cares because they care more about money. Its pathetic.
hahah, yeah boo to them all.
What the hell for real, they should just accept that they went on and on reigns free for so long, enjoy those free wins and continue on with the now revised proper rules from here on.
“Creepy” and a bit “alarming” are the words I’d choose. Makes me wonder what they’re hiding.