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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by asow92 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:42AM (#36908557)
On iOS at least, ad prevalence has increased over time because targeted ads have been effectively abolished: more ads, with less relevance, are required to gain the same amount of revenue.
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by nullstyle on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:48PM (#36914411)
Yeah, sure. Not
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by asow92 on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:05PM (#36915654)
I mean, this has literally been my job for a decade, but okay, f me.
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:48AM (#36920295)
it seems more like ad prevalence has increased over time so that advertisers and ad-based services can make more money

after all, it increased before any attempts to rein in targeted advertising (which still exists, it's just harder to hyper-target in some circumstances)

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by photonerd on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:59PM (#36926172)
They haven’t been abolished at all. Source: part of my job for the last 15 years.
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