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All Apple did was give users the choice. Users choosing to deny Facebook the permission to share their data? That's entirely on Facebook.
by isodev 5y ago
All Apple did was give users the choice. Users choosing to deny Facebook the permission to share their data? That's entirely on Facebook.
- hotpotamus 5y agoI see this in the thread but I have to say that I disagree a bit. I'm certainly glad Apple gave users a choice, but you have to consider "the tyranny of the default" which is a great phrase I think. Most people will simply use the default option, so Apple's choice of default says something.
- nickthegreek 5y agoIf they tyranny of the default is to protect my privacy, I see no tyranny at all.
- hotpotamus 5y agoI just like the phrase. Tyranny probably brings along a bad assumption, but it really just means that most people will stick with the default. It's something I learned independently, though it had been realized many times before I did. I'm also happy with the outcome in this case.
- travisporter 5y agoTyranny definitely has a negative connotation
- hotpotamus 5y agoI agree, but default connotes that you are able to change it. Maybe it's that sort of built in contradiction that appeals to me.
- ShamelessC 5y agoRight and the previous default was to allow all tracking.
- OzCrimson 5y agoWhich never should have been the default. I don't want to be included in something that I never asked to be part of, and then have to put in the effort to get out. This is one of the things that is so upsetting: most of the industry puts it on the consumer to get out rather than come in. I often look at the list of third-parties when a website says I can opt out. There are often over 300 third parties that I would have to opt out of one at a time. That's just plain abusive.
- GeekyBear 5y agoThe previous default was to use the hardware address of the device and not give the user a choice at all. Apple blocked access to the hardware address of the device and moved to a random identifier that could be turned completely off back at iOS 10. Android eventually followed suit.
- scarface74 5y agoThe default is to ask you with buttons that are the same size. You can specifically go into settings and disable tracking for all apps. But it isn’t the default.
- isodev 5y agoThere is no default, all users get a prompt if they want to allow Facebook to get their data or not.
- cronix 5y agoWhat was the default up until they gave users that choice?
- driverdan 5y agoIt shouldn't even be a choice. The whole concept of IDFA is incredibly anti-consumer. It shouldn't exist.