Apple’s next big thing: A business model change

Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by JKCalhoun on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:49AM (#32812098)

I share your cynicism in general but not your degree of cynicism. Apparently, when prompted by the new iOS, 96% have opted out of tracking, not 1% as your comment would suggest.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/96-of-us-users-opt-o...

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Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by alexb_ on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:59AM (#32812276)

Of course! They do opt out of tracking by other companies. Doing so is free, easy, and Apple encourages you to do it. That does not mean it will translate to opting out of Apple tracking you via the hardware. When it comes to hardware, privacy is far down the list of most people's priorities.

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Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by justapassenger on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:35PM (#32813821)

Having a prompt that says "Do you want X to do this scary sounding thing? Or not, and have 0 impact on you?" is worst possible way to do any kind of informed choice.

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Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by JKCalhoun on Monday September 12, 2022 @02:00PM (#32814268)

Not giving the user a choice is of course the worst possible way. If Apple makes it sound scary, maybe because it is? Certainly, the opposite is no better: "Hey, we just want to tailor ads to your lifestyle, mmm, good?"

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Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by ayewo on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:04PM (#32812355)

Interesting. From your link 4% opted out of tracking in iOS 14.5 in the US, while globally that number is higher at 12%.

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