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Eh, I dunno. My Data Manager [1] (owned by Mobidia / App Annie) is still going strong. It along with other VPN-based apps are a major source of user-level app u
by meritt 8y ago
Eh, I dunno. My Data Manager [1] (owned by Mobidia / App Annie) is still going strong. It along with other VPN-based apps are a major source of user-level app usage and engagement data being sold to large corporations and investors. In-app analytics libraries are another source (which are heavily fragmented since they only can track apps they're packaged with) but it's going to be a lot more difficult for Apple to regulate those.
Until Apple starts banning all of these types of apps and libraries (which their recently updated policies indicate they just might [2]), I view this as more of a strategic play against Facebook as opposed to in the best interest of users.
[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-data-manager-track-your/id477865384?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-data-manager-track-your/i...
[2] http://www.integrity-research.com/new-apple-policies-threaten-alternative-data/ http://www.integrity-research.com/new-apple-policies-threate...
- happybuy 8y agoApple quickly and efficiently banned all VPN-based ad blocking apps as they do not follow allowed uses of the VPN apis as per App Store guidelines. VPN-based data collection apps could just as easily be cleaned up if there was the will to do so.