Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracking Them

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by icemelt8 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:06AM (#27086791)

people who have nothing to hide? I always click on Allow optional tracking to better serve software, its a way of giving back.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by linspace on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:19AM (#27086877)

I don't believe ads are evil necessarily but the "nothing to hide" reasoning is simply wrong.

I think most people opting out of tracking is because they feel manipulated. Isn't it the ultimate reason of marketing after all?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by RHSeeger on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:19AM (#27086874)

> people who have nothing to hide

There are no such people. Rather, there are only people who don't realize they have things to hide.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by benjohnson on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:30AM (#27086958)

I have ideas that were considered mainstream ten years ago, but are now verboten and only shared in private.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by tux3 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:50AM (#27087110)

Mooom! Grandpa is doing it again!

;)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by dmitriid on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:55AM (#27087151)

You may have something to hide (though I doubt it. You wouldn't want to have tour sex life or medical history to be public, would you?).

But people around you may. Nad their information can be as easily gleaned from yours.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Over 96% of Apple Users Have Blocked Facebook from Tracki... by the_snooze on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:47AM (#27087077)

>its a way of giving back

These companies aren't charities.

[ Parent | on HN ]