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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by iji40 on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:23PM (#24110947)
No, I don’t, because they do. The entire thesis of the upstream argument is false. You’re arguing a falsehood. There are no special libraries to defeat privacy available to first party apps. They use the same exact methods externals do. The first party app documentation is literally the public site with very few exceptions.
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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by jeffbee on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:25PM (#24110979)
I think you're being a little obtuse. How do you address the fact that I can disable microphone for any 3rd-party voice memo application but I cannot disable it for Apple's "Voice Memos". This is a clear double-standard regardless of how fondly you feel about your own contributions to Apple Maps.
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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by macintux on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:37PM (#24111130)
I imagine Apple is making the assumption that the only reason to run Voice Memos is to use the microphone, but that’s clearly not the case. I agree with the sibling comment, file a bug.
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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by zepto on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:40PM (#24112545)
You make the choice when you buy the app.

When you buy an iPhone, you are buying all of the Apps Apple supplies with it.

You even have a return period to take it back if you don’t like the behavior.

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