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Signal also doesn’t track your activity across the web and thus does not get any big in-your-face popup. You can also go to Signal’s website to read additional
by krrrh 6y ago
Signal also doesn’t track your activity across the web and thus does not get any big in-your-face popup. You can also go to Signal’s website to read additional information about why that’s the case.
Apple isn’t really giving themselves a special dispensation here. Giving users additional information about how Facebook messenger (and others) are doing things that most users don’t expect is a service.
- ben_w 6y agoI think a better analogy to illustrate izacus’ point would be: """The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.""" Apple have defined the rules, the rules which Apple have defined mean that Apple apps do not look scary while Facebook’s do. Are those rules fair? I happen to think “probably yes”, yet I am prepared to be incorrect.