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I'm trying to understand what you're saying - so lots of apps are abusing privacy rules, thus it would be a problem if Apple banned those apps because then ther

• saagarjha 8y ago
  > I'm trying to understand what you're saying - so lots of apps are abusing privacy rules, thus it would be a problem if Apple banned those apps because then there would be few apps left? Yes. > Are you arguing that privacy abusers should have safety in numbers? No. The argument I'm trying to make is that the choice for Apple isn't as easy as the article makes it out to be. If Apple decided to remove every app that collected excessive user data, the App Store would be quite bare. This isn't something that I think users would let Apple get away with.
  • rubbingalcohol 8y ago
    Ah okay, that makes sense. I think in this case, making an example of Facebook is probably the perfect strategy from Apple's perspective. It sends kind of a "shape up or ship out" message -- if they're bringing the hammer down on a huge business partner like Facebook (which has enjoyed numerous native integrations in Apple products) then they can do it for anyone else.
    • wtmt 8y ago
      > ...like Facebook (which has enjoyed numerous native integrations in Apple products) That was a thing of the past and doesn't have any value now. The integrations in Apple's OSes were removed more than two years ago. [1] [1]: https://www.imore.com/twitter-and-facebook-are-no-longer-integrated-ios-11 https://www.imore.com/twitter-and-facebook-are-no-longer-int...