iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on

Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by cmelbye on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:25PM (#36248403)

Yeah whenever I see "Privacy" segments in their marketing, it's hard for me to avoid thinking of it as "Here's how our anti-competitive moat works."

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by rodgerd on Thursday June 08, 2023 @05:12PM (#36249149)

Ah yes, the web which is dominated by checks notes not-Chrome.

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by Gigachad on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:12PM (#36251243)

As a consumer. I don't care. I'd rather Apple be the only ones with my data. Advertisers handed Apple this power by spending the last decade being as abusive as technically possible. I hope Apple shuts down the entire industry.

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by makeitdouble on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:52PM (#36251646)

> I'd rather Apple be the only ones with my data.

This was the same attitude that led Google where it is now. "Don't be evil" was really believed and accepted by huge part of their users, and compared to the sheer evil of Microsoft they sure looked like the better alternative.

> I hope Apple shuts down the entire industry.

On Apple's relationship with the ad industry, I have bad news for you.

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