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Eye tracking is not an accessibility feature, it is an advertising optimization feature disguised as an accessibility feature.
by dakial1 2y ago
Eye tracking is not an accessibility feature, it is an advertising optimization feature disguised as an accessibility feature.
- devmor 2y agoEye tracking is absolutely an accessibility feature. Just because you don't need it, and it can be abused, does not mean it isn't an absolutely game changing feature for some people.
- nofunsir 2y agoHe didn't say it wasn't an accessibility feature, just that it was disguised as one. Just because it's not a game changing feature for some people, doesn't mean its primary function isn't advertising.
- jcotton42 2y agoMy presumption is that apps will not be able to access this data, at least without some sort of permission gate.
- sroussey 2y agoIndeed they haven’t for all the years it was limited to FaceId’s attention option.
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- simonw 2y agoApple are very good about not making this kind of thing available to apps that don't have an explicit reason to need it.
- resource_waste 2y ago[flagged]
- jshier 2y agoNo optimism, simply facts based on the lack of APIs for accessing any of this data. Since this is just a preannouncement (APIs will come at WWDC next month), we can't tell yet, but Apple's previous system attention tracking was never available in public APIs.
- simonw 2y agoI stand by my statement. Have you seen the limits placed on VisionOS apps regarding eye tracking data?
- rootusrootus 2y agoIt is preferable to the reflexive cynicism and nihilism that is so prevalent online. At least the supporters have put some thought into their argument.
- chefandy 2y agoBaseless pessimism is exactly as useful as baseless optimism.
- joshstrange 2y agoYou can say a lot of negative true things about Apple but this is just silly. There is no way Apple is going to expose that data to underlying apps in the same way they refused to do it in Vision Pro. I'd bet a good bit of money it works the same way where it's a layer on top of the app that the app can't access and from the video it looks like that's exactly how it works.
- dakial1 2y agoNot to underlying 3rd party apps, but for their ad structure it is a total possibility. It might not be now, but down the road this feature will be used for that and you must be certain that Apple already discussed and planned it.
- Aloisius 2y agoIt allows people with ALS to navigate their device with their eyes. Microsoft added a similar feature to Windows about seven years ago.