How are the apps still not removed?
1. No updates released
2. No revenue released
3. An alert warning the user that the app is noncompliant and it’s use could result in data theft (ie think self-signed SSL in the browser)
4. Restrict all network activity from those apps to the first-party domain
What users would care about is if you'd tell them "No, you can't use these apps with billions of users on our phones". I'm ready to be proven wrong, but I'd take a bet Apple will not act on delisting or banning updates for Facebook & Instagram, that's wishful thinking in my book. Their morale high ground PR is clearly effective however.
> an unacknowledged shift that lets companies follow a much looser interpretation of its controversial privacy policy." Apple has instructed developers that they "may not derive data from a device for the purpose of uniquely identifying it," an unacknowledged shift that lets companies follow a much looser interpretation of its controversial privacy policy." Apple has instructed developers that they "may not derive data from a device for the purpose of uniquely identifying it," which developers have interpreted to mean that they can still observe "signals" and behaviors from groups of users instead, enabling these groups to be shown tailored ads anyway.
>Apple has not explicitly endorsed these techniques, but they allow third parties to track and analyze groups of users regardless of whether or not they have given consent to user-level tracking. In addition, Apple reportedly continues to trust apps to collect user-level data such as IP address, location, language, device, and screen size, even though some of this information is passed onto advertisers.
So this makes the do not track almost worthless. Few advertisers will say show this ad to John Doe who lives at 341 maple avenue, but they will say things like show this ad to people living in Cincinnati between the ages of 20 and 30. And once you belong to enough ad groups, 6 or 7, you can be uniquely fingerprinted anyway.
I think the unhappiness should be directed at Apple and the offending apps. There's no reason why it can't be both.
I do use Snapchat, but I would 100% support Apple pulling the app until they fall in line with proper privacy controls. Unfortunately I'm in the minority, and both Apple and Snapchat know this.
They legitimately don't understand the difference between Facebook tracking every detail about your life and Apple having an account with your name on it
I’m saying this as a non user of any of the apps listed (I only use HN, LinkedIn and Reddit personally)