Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right

Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by skohan on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:31PM (#31813070)

You're basically describing GDPR right? By having state regulations, there's an agreed upon standard which is not up to the discretion of any one corporation, but rather subject to the democratic process.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by simondotau on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:57PM (#31817304)

Apple has implemented policy at scale, with a threat of enforcement which has been effective against the largest companies.

On the other hand, the GDPR gives end users the privilege to engage in a legal fight with a multi-billion dollar app developer, assuming that they can even prove the existence of such tracking in the first place.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by skohan on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @01:47AM (#31820339)

I work in Europe and can assure you people take GDPR very seriously.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by simondotau on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:22AM (#31821175)

I'm sure they're all very animated about any instances of tracking that they're aware of.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by skohan on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @05:51AM (#31822141)

No I am saying from the inside of a tech company, it's taken very seriously, audits are strict, and non-compliance comes with a very harsh punishment which can kill companies

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by Nextgrid on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @06:13AM (#31833996)

Nowhere near seriously enough, considering Facebook is bitching about Apple forcing them to do what the GDPR already required them to do anyway (so they're basically admitting they would like to breach it if it wasn't for Apple getting in the way).

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