2y ago

Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs

Some seemingly innocuous APIs are misused to track users, Apple says.

Some seemingly innocuous APIs are misused to track users, Apple says.

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Transparency is not a bad thing, as long as it’s applied equally.
- One of the big problems with something like this isn't transparency, it's that this will potentially wipe out so many potential apps.
  Google has done this a bunch in the name of privacy and it 100% kills apps.
  Hopefully they aren't as strict as Google on some of those APIs or the unintended consequences could be substantial

Threads explained what it used your data for really well, people still installed it.
- Yeah because what Linux users on the fediverse don't realize is that most people don't find their data valuable. Bc genuinely who cares if Instagram knows that you're a dog. In fact, most people actively want other people to know the things about them that apps collect. They'll just post it on Instagram and TikTok without a second thought.
  The alternative to platforms not collecting data is them charging you what your data is worth yearly. So Google might cost 20 bucks a year, Instagram my cost another 25 bucks a year. Most people would end the year with maybe 100 to 200 in "web service bills". Nobody wants another bill.