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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by nerdjon on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:13PM (#20206846)
Honestly so am I, this sounds like a privacy nightmare. Sending all traffic through their servers specifically for the purpose of tracking what you're doing.

Isn't this one of the things Apple was upset at Facebook over (including the fact that they went around the App Store) since they don't allow this sort of tracking?

So maybe them building the feature is not the only reason they removed your app?

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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by username3 on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:31PM (#20207027)
What is Apple’s app for tracking social network activity?
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by dmlittle on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:38PM (#20207097)
It's Screen Time and you can find it under Settings > Screen Time. It doesn't really track social network activity as much as iOS app usage by app categories (it can't tell if you were writing a post, browsing images, etc.).
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by rhinoceraptor on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:34PM (#20207056)
Screen time, it's in the settings app.
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