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While Apple are limiting access to IDFA for apps that don't ask for permission to track i.e. it will be all zeros they are also changing App Store policy. Speci
by K0nserv 6y ago
While Apple are limiting access to IDFA for apps that don't ask for permission to track i.e. it will be all zeros they are also changing App Store policy. Specifically you are not allowed to track users using identifiers such as user ids, fingeprint ids etc if they have said that they don't want to be tracked. Sure Apple doens't have technical control over this but we know that they are willing to wield the ban hammer.
It'll be really interesting to see this play out. The experiment with the "Do Not Track"[0] header on the web failed becaused it was largely ignored by everyone. With Apple's tight control over the App Store you simply cannot ignore the rules because Apple can outright ban you for it.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
- tantalor 6y agoI doubt Apple would ban an app as valuable as Facebook.
- K0nserv 6y agoThey just banned Fortnite
- stjohnswarts 6y agoFortnite is small pataters compared to facebook.
- wtmt 6y agoThat might be true, and may involve backchannel negotiations. But Apple didn't hesitate to revoke Facebook's developer certificate (for internal apps) and make Facebook employees scramble for a day or so because of the "VPN" app tracking fiasco early in 2019. [1] [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-paid-13-year-olds-for-access-to-all-their-internet-data https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-...