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> Why aren't Apple's apps themselves also having to ask for permission? If you look at the list of example reasons [1] that would require an app to ask for tra
by darklion 6y ago
> Why aren't Apple's apps themselves also having to ask for permission?
If you look at the list of example reasons [1] that would require an app to ask for tracking permission, they are (broadly) in two buckets: correlating and/or consuming user data from multiple sources, and sharing data with a data broker for advertising purposes.
Apple does not share data outside of itself, and their apps do not display ads.
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[1] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-use/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-...
- 1f60c 6y ago> their apps do not display ads Except for the App Store and Apple News, AFAIK.
- zepto 6y agoApple News doesn’t display Ads except the upsell for Apple news+. They don’t sell advertising on Apple News. The App Store does display ads, but those are based on advertisers bidding for keywords in the search terms.
- ViViDboarder 6y agoAt least not 3rd party ads. The App Store has ads for apps plus non-stop Arcade+ advertising. The News app is full of ads for News+ and loads of restricted links as well. This is, however, very different, as you point out.
- random5634 6y agoThese do not rely on tracking or personalization - which is very obvious to me (I don't play games - and they constantly have game promotions etc). Google gets this much better - with a ton of SAAS / biz focused apps. So I imagine google is tracking me somehow (I use google search / chrome etc) and apple does not seem to be doing that good a job.
- tinus_hn 6y agoTo be honest some of their apps, like the Podcasts app do much more tracking. It is kind of described in the privacy policy but you can’t turn it off.