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Apple is “cracking down” on ad targeting, while simultaneously helping iOS apps track and target users through a unique advertising ID.

• RandallBrown 7y ago
  It keeps the advertisers happy while still allowing users to opt out of tracking.
  • surround 7y ago
    Safari “opts out” of (blocks) tracking by default iirc. But users have to explicitly choose to opt out of iOS tracking. Most people don’t even know about the tracking ID. Edit: Apple ought to prioritize the privacy of users over “keeping advertisers happy.”
    • zwaps 7y ago
      The difference is that users can go to privacy, and switch a single option and they are opted out. In Android, and with Google in general, you have to go through many different menus and hidden option in different places. And then, you can't really stop tracking either, because you'd need to also go to several of these "ad alliance" scam websites and try to disable tracking for hundreds of services. And of course, these websites never actually work for more than a couple of those..... From my perspective, coming from Android, iOS is really good. I am soo jaded by Google and Android that I just expect a company to try to obfusicate options and generally be hostile to my privacy. I regret using Android for many years, especially since Google, while I wasn't lookin, quietly moved from innovative and user-friendly to literally user hostile.
      • bryan_w 7y ago
        Nobody is talking about android here. The point is that Apple doesn't care about privacy because it allows ios tracking (Why is that even a thing?)