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Yeah I know they do, but websites can collect much less data than native apps. I just try to minimize it.
by tyfon 4y ago
Yeah I know they do, but websites can collect much less data than native apps.
I just try to minimize it.
- scarface74 4y agoWhat data can apps collect without you giving them permission that websites can’t?
- wasmitnetzen 4y agoA unique identifier which is 100% stable over multiple sessions for once. Which makes the rest of the data so much more useful.
- scarface74 4y agoThere are plenty of ways to uniquely enough identify a user on the web.
- alickz 4y agoWhy is that possible in native apps but not websites?
- wasmitnetzen 4y agoIn the end, this is because the browser works for you, and the app works for the company.
- scarface74 4y agoYou mean the browser developed by a adTech company, the browser developed by the company who gets $18B a year from an adTech company to be the default search engine or the browser created by a company who only survives because of the adTech company?
- deafpolygon 4y agoMy guess? They don't only get a unique identifier, but they get to know and link you to other more useful data using your Apple/Android device ID and so on, that they can use to track you across multiple user accounts. Something that browser fingerprinting can't guarantee 100% (but getting very accurate these days)
- scarface74 4y agoApple specifically limits apps ability to get a unique identifier that can be used across apps. And the percentage of people who use multiple accounts is not even worth optimizing for.
- tyfon 4y agoI don't seem to be able to reply to your post, but to the sibling; I'm not an app developer so I don't know specific, but by the amount of websites begging you to use their native apps it is quite obvious that there is something they get from the native apps they can't get from the website that they are very interested in. Just try to go to the reddit website on a mobile (not old.) and see how fast they spam you with the app prompt.