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Why didn’t they just turn off the feature though? The wording they use “tracking” is so negative no user will ever reply yes to it. Maybe to educate users about
by baby 5y ago
Why didn’t they just turn off the feature though? The wording they use “tracking” is so negative no user will ever reply yes to it. Maybe to educate users about privacy?
- Ar-Curunir 5y agoThe blame is not with Apple if they choose to truthfully describe what these apps are doing
- saddlerustle 5y agoAnd yet when Apple describes how they track where you are, what apps you use, and what news you read for their own advertising platform, they don't use that word [1] [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074
- Ar-Curunir 5y agoIf that’s the case, then we should call that out, instead of making excuses for Facebook (Like seriously, what a terrible hill to die on)
- t_von_doom 5y agoI know nothing about how apples advertising works so sorry if this is a silly question: The screenshot in the link posted explicitly states apple does not track (maybe how they justify not using the word) you for their advertising network, so what are they doing instead?
- vorpalhex 5y agoThe usage of the word "tracking" is true. Apps can still display ads. They may not build a user profile and attach it to your identity across apps.
- Reason077 5y agoSmall correction: apps owned by the same company can still track your identity across apps regardless of your tracking settings. For example, Google can track you across the YouTube app, the Google Maps app, the Gmail app, and anything else owned by Google itself. Apps do need to disclose this in the App Store privacy labels, but there isn't much to prevent them from lying.