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Meta would have a field day with this change, since it was the company that was most upset and angry when ATT was introduced. Considering that ATT was about sh
by newscracker 2mo ago
Meta would have a field day with this change, since it was the company that was most upset and angry when ATT was introduced.
Considering that ATT was about sharing an identifier to “track across other companies' apps and websites” (text definition of the ATT setting), I don’t believe this ruling is a good move for anyone on informed consent or privacy. In the name of improving competition, sometimes regulators may end up making things worse for users.
- eddieroger 2mo agoMeta, the same company that used to play silent audio so it wouldn't be killed in the background? I'm not super worried about them being upset about privacy laws changing.
- tentacleuno 2mo agoCould you provide a reference about them playing silent audio? I was curious and searched for it but wasn't able to find anything.
- Cider9986 2mo agoThis? https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/22/facebook-says-it-fixed-a-bug-that-caused-silent-audio-to-vampire-your-iphone-battery/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/22/facebook-says-it-fixed-a-b...
- tentacleuno 1mo agoThank you!
- alex1138 2mo agoThere are arguments about how Apple has too much power and we need better app stores and anecdotes about I-built-an-app-it-was-a-nightmare ...but Meta is exactly the reason why IMO it's needed. Because of people like Zuckerberg who treat the internet and people's phones like his personal plaything. No granularity. Contacts uploaded whenever anyone does the slightest thing