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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by wutbrodo on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:41PM (#19050191)
Is this true of people who voluntarily signed up to be paid for data collection? It's like saying that Nielsen panelists need to be protected from Nielsen by Vizio. (Insert standard caveat about the degree to which kids' autonomy is in the hands of their parents).
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by makomk on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:12PM (#19051017)
It's funny you should mention Nielsen, I did a bit of digging and found these very familiar-looking installation instructions: http://www.arbitron.com/research/installhelp/install_ios9_en...
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by Legogris on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:42PM (#19050625)
An important difference that Nielsen doesn't have an agreement with Vizio that they broke and the "protection" being Vizio terminating their end of that agreement as a response.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by wutbrodo on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:40PM (#19050877)
As much as I dislike Apple, its amorality, its attitude towards it users, its effect on the markets it's in, etc, I don't have any disagreements with Apple's actions here: Facebook/Google violated their license, so Apple revoked them.

But the terms of this license are by no means "protecting" users who voluntarily chose to install these apps for payment. A license can have multiple legitimate purposes, including protecting the business interests of the licenser. There's no need to pretend that Apple is protecting users in order to defend their actions here.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by Legogris on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:02AM (#19052940)
Indeed. The violation here really has nothing to do with protecting users, as you say, it's more of a positive side-effect. On the other hand, if it weren't for that aspect, the press-coverage that sparked Apple's revokal would most likely not have happened.

Apple found themselves in a position were doing "the good thing" aligned with business.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by Spooky23 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:17PM (#19051280)
Nielsen is a white Knight compared to what Vizio is doing.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by 51lver on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:54PM (#19050270)
Users with spyware should be dealt with by their admins.
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