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Where is the abuse of power? The problem (I don't own an iphone! I could be wrong) as I understand it is that Apple is giving its customers the option to opt-in to tracking and that people are choosing not to do that. Yeah, it offers a business advantage I'm sure, but its also hard to see what is wrong with that action you know?

You got it exactly right! And considering that (beginning with iOS 15) they ask you if they can track you too (for eg App Store ads), there’s not much business advantage either.

How can it be "abuse", when all Apple has done is to provide users a window saying "Hey, this app is collecting all your data. Do you want to prevent it?".

The abuser is Facebook here.

Fact : Apple is providing an authentic choice to users regarding sharing of their data.

FB Spin : Apple is attacking us and hurting our business.

Proof: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-a...

That’s a straw man argument.

Apple has only given users the chance to say no to Facebook they haven’t stopped them saying yes.