Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14

Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by ogre_codes on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:13PM (#24285405)

It's my phone, not the developer's. I should absolutely have the right to disable this kind of tracking on my phone. If the advertisers/ developers want to track people, maybe they should start buying people phones or do what Google did and build an OS and give it away.

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Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by actuator on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:42PM (#24285765)

TBF, not all Android phones are created equal.

There are Android phones sold in the developing world at low price points where ads appear on home screen, notification bar etc. with tracking deep within OS.

Then, there are phones like Pixel where with recent versions you have control of what is shared and you need to authorize access(single/multiple use) for things like location. Like iOS, not much can be collected unless you give Google/app permission to.

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Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by ogre_codes on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:51PM (#24285868)

Fair enough.

I probably shouldn't have mentioned Android at all because it's not about phone brand so much as it is my right to tell advertisers no.

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