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If that's what you took away from the iAds situation, then you horribly misunderstood that. iAds was a feature available to developers to help monetize free app

If that's what you took away from the iAds situation, then you horribly misunderstood that. iAds was a feature available to developers to help monetize free apps. Yes, Apple got a cut of that but that's not at all the same as Google's or Facebook's ad-based model since their ads are targeted. Apple explicitly did not target based on personal data in iAds. Also, your China example is also a straw man because Apple's terms in China explicitly allowed for that before they even sold a single phone there. In the US, for example, Apple isn't able to provide personal data to authorities. It can only provide information that doesn't live on-device and that's stored unencrypted which, as of right now, is nothing unless a user explicitly asks for it to be stored unencrypted.

reaperducer 8y ago
Apple explicitly did not target based on personal data in iAds. I don't know if ads on AppleTV to be part of iAds or not, but I was a little surprised to see this menu on my AppleTV today: Settings > General > Privacy > Advertising The choices for this are Limit Ad Tracking, Reset Advertising Identifier, and About Advertising and Privacy. Apple has an entire web page showing how to opt-out of targeted advertising on its devices, including the iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 The most telling one is Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Location-Based Apple Ads
- dpkonofa 8y ago
  First off... iAds is something completely different from what you've just posted about. iAds was a platform available to developers. It has nothing to do with Apple providing advertisements to you. Second, did you read that page at all, then? That's not at all the same as advertising based on your personal data. That's Apple showing you App Store promotions based on the searches you're typing in from the App Store and is completely localized to the App Store and App Store search. It's what allows you to go to the App Store and have the McDonald's sponsored ad show up when you visit a McDonald's. The only information being sent is your search term, anonymously, and the location-based ads are served based on iBeacons. None of your personal info is ever sent outgoing from your phone.

reaperducer 8y ago

Apple explicitly did not target based on personal data in iAds. I don't know if ads on AppleTV to be part of iAds or not, but I was a little surprised to see this menu on my AppleTV today: Settings > General > Privacy > Advertising The choices for this are Limit Ad Tracking, Reset Advertising Identifier, and About Advertising and Privacy. Apple has an entire web page showing how to opt-out of targeted advertising on its devices, including the iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 The most telling one is Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Location-Based Apple Ads

dpkonofa 8y ago
First off... iAds is something completely different from what you've just posted about. iAds was a platform available to developers. It has nothing to do with Apple providing advertisements to you. Second, did you read that page at all, then? That's not at all the same as advertising based on your personal data. That's Apple showing you App Store promotions based on the searches you're typing in from the App Store and is completely localized to the App Store and App Store search. It's what allows you to go to the App Store and have the McDonald's sponsored ad show up when you visit a McDonald's. The only information being sent is your search term, anonymously, and the location-based ads are served based on iBeacons. None of your personal info is ever sent outgoing from your phone.