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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by CaptainZapp on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:08AM (#30207666)
> they'd block Google from the platform too.

To be fair, they didn't block Facebook from their platform. Users now just need to agree that they want to be tracked (spoiler: practically no one wants to be tracked).

I don't disagree with your general take and save for an iPod classic I don't own any Apple gear. But in my book that was one of the better moves that Apple ever pulled.

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by philistine on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:26AM (#30207963)
Yeah. More privacy by getting rid of third-party cookies and having the prompt for apps is a great thing. That it also reduces the revenue of the two monopolists who didn’t even bother to differentiate that revenue (Facebook is 98% ads, Google is at something like 81%) is the cherry on top.
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