iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry

Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by 2ion on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:11AM (#22042550)

It is almost irrelevant for existing users what has been added in Android version n + 1, because they will never get updated to n + 1. The joys of the Android vendor ecosystem. Even very expensive phones like Sony get about 1 (mid) or 2 (high-end) major upgrade only, and that's still not guaranteed. Project Treble did nothing to fix this.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by adrianN on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:11AM (#22043099)

We should just force companies by law to provide software patches for anything that can connect to a network for at least five years, better ten, or be liable for security problems.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by mbel on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:35AM (#22043236)

Then they will provide something. In the best case regular security updates, I can imagine any reasonable way to force them to add new features during support period.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by samatman on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:21AM (#22044901)

It's trivial, actually.

Google would need to make it a requirement for bundling their services. Since the major distributers are utterly dependent on Google/Android, they'd do it.

Making it a legal requirement would be challenging, but making it a de facto requirement for all major phone vendors is easy.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by arkh on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:10AM (#22042806)

> The joys of the Android vendor ecosystem.

Even when going with official Google phones: my Nexus 5 is way out of date OS-wise.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by kuschku on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:35AM (#22043522)

My Google Pixel 1 stopped getting even security updates recently, and it's the last flagship Google phone with headphone port.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by pta2002 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:09AM (#22043089)

Your Nexus 5 came out 7 years ago, it's unreasonable to expect that the latest Android would even run properly on it when the rest of the world has moved on.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by diffeomorphism on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:44AM (#22043281)

Why? A 7 year old midrange PC or laptop will run latest Windows or Linux just fine.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by arkh on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:44AM (#22043279)

> it's unreasonable

Is it? Slower than on more recent ones I agree. But processors architecture and components has not changed a lot.

If Microsoft manages 10 years on wildly more diverse hardware with their OS, I don't see why it is not possible on official Google phones.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by baq on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @06:28AM (#22043802)

my iphone 6s receives iOS updates to this day. it eats through the battery like there's no tomorrow but it works well otherwise.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by solarkraft on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:13AM (#22042818)

This is unfortunately why in my opinion there is no way around installing a custom ROM (requiring you to buy a phone with good community support).

An added benefit of that is a removal of the manufacturer's bloat ware and the ability to compile things yourself, allowing you to modify everything.

If there's no good unofficial/open source software for the device, don't buy it or you're going to be miserable in 0-2 years.

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