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Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by hugi on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:04AM (#27086777)
The number sounds about right to me. Why would I click a button that says "allow Mark Zuckerberg to gather my private data"? How is that not just a pure negative for me?

I use the Facebook website from time to time, which I accept is kind of duplicitous, knowing the data they gather from those sessions will be abused. But my browser is configured to disable everything Facebook on sites other than Facebook (comments, "social plugins" etc) so at least it's confined and done explicitly by me, with my knowledge.

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Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by ponyous on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:09AM (#27086812)
> "allow Mark Zuckerberg to gather my private data"

Because that's exactly what it says...

Consider "Would you like to improve FB experience by sharing how you use the app?"

You are a tech dude and read it the same, but it's not the same.

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Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by twobitshifter on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:35AM (#27086988)
Apple clearly writes the acceptance policy but Facebook has a begging screen that pops up in front. Apple asks you if you want to allow Facebook to track you across other websites and apps. This is not telemetry, but ad-profiling. Facebook can still log everything you do within Facebook, it’s the stuff outside of Facebook that they’re been blocked from seeing.
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