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> While I think Apple's data collection within its apps is excessive, the only thing the researchers achieve by conflating it with device analytics The app sto
by shkkmo 4y ago
> While I think Apple's data collection within its apps is excessive, the only thing the researchers achieve by conflating it with device analytics
The app store is the only way to install software... trying to pass it off as just another App with a separate policy seems disingenuous at best.
- acdha 4y agoI don’t think it’s disingenuous to point out that two very different things are being comforted. Most people understand that the App Store is linked to their account because it must be to support billing. That’s very different from, for example, tracking when/where you use apps or what you do in them.
- shkkmo 4y agoSorry, if it wasn't clear. I was calling Apple disingenuous, not you. Apple isn't just linking your App Store purchases to your account, they are tracking every single click and search term in the App Store and linking that to your account.
- UncleEntity 4y agoMaybe linking that to your account. For all anyone knows they strip off the ID as soon as it hits their servers (which TFA also theorized) and only process the anonymous data. Which, due to the excesses of big tech, they need to ensure users is happening because there is little trust left in that industry anymore.