In my honest opinion, Facebook is one of the worst privacy violating companies in the world, if not the most, and will use any excuse to prop up its interest. The very fact that it uses crawlers across the web to check wherever you're surfing in itself is a privacy vilation. I just don't use facebook, simple as that. Life is much better without it. Why spend time looking at other people's activities when life is short, and there is so much cool stuff going on outside of this jar of vitriol, back patting and agonising self reflection posts?
Do yourselves a favour and get out of the matrix, before you become a pigeon eating out of the hands of society's good willed but ultimately useless cheers, likes and 4 word comments that mean absolutely nada to your lives, except for Facebook who harvests the information and makes money off of you. Apple, on the other hand, is quite direct at their approach: we make hardware with verticality, and our stuff works for you. It's a square deal, our hardware is more expensive, but we will do everything to make sure it works well, and protects your right to privacy, and not have some Zucker borg or some Bill gates or other dip shit geeks with world domination pipe dreams peering into your window all the time. Just my take as a world travelling, 7 language speaking, award winning, don't give a shit about the politics and gives his time and resources to advance accessibility guy. Have a great weekend, Yuma > On 17 Dec 2020, at 2:46 pm, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes > The social network says changes in Apple's mobile software will hurt small > businesses. > Dec. 16, 2020 > By Angela Lang, cNet. > > Facebook is again criticizing upcoming privacy changes to Apple's iOS that > could uproot ad-tracking features used by apps. The social network on > Wednesday ran full-page newspaper ads saying the feature in iOS 14, expected > to be released early next year, will hurt small businesses. The company also > expanded on its position in a blog post, saying that Apple's new policy is > "more about profit than privacy." > > Apple announced several new privacy updates for iOS at its Worldwide > Developers Conference earlier this year, including a feature called App > Tracking Transparency that would require people to opt in to apps collecting > their data rather than needing them to opt out. The update threatens to > uproot several ad-tracking features in apps, including Facebook. In > September, Apple decided to delay the feature's rollout to 2021 so > developers could have more time to make necessary changes. > > Facebook's criticism of Apple is the latest in an ongoing public fight > between two of the world's largest tech companies. The social network, which > has also been under fire for failing to safeguard user privacy, views > Apple's changes as an attack on personalized advertising. Facebook makes > most of its money from ads, which allows it to avoid charging people a > subscription fee to use the social network. > > Facebook has previously said the iOS update would mean less profit for > advertisers because of less effective tracking. In the ads on Wednesday, > Facebook says: "While limiting how personalized ads can be used does impact > larger companies like us, these changes will be devastating to small > businesses." > > Apple has defended the tracking changes, saying they give users more > control. In a public letter last month, Jane Horvath, the company's privacy > chief, called out Facebook for its data collection practices and said Apple > remains "fully committed" to its app tracking transparency feature and other > privacy protections. > "Facebook executives have made clear their intent is to collect as much data > as possible across both first and third party products to develop and > monetize detailed profiles of their users, and this disregard for user > privacy continues to expand to include more of their products," Horvath > wrote. > > Dan Levy, who oversees ads and business products, said in a press call on > Wednesday that Apple was "behaving anti-competitively by using their control > of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of creators and > small businesses." If services turn away from ads and start charging a > subscription fee or in-app payments, Apple benefits because the company > makes money from fees charged to developers, Levy said. > > The impact to Facebook's business will be "less severe" because the company > has a diverse ads business with more than 10 million advertisers. Compared > with small businesses, he said, Facebook "will be fine." > > "This is not just a tech fight over different pieces of technology and > policy," Levy said. "This is a set of changes and a start on what we believe > is a long strategic move from Apple towards fundamentally changing how the > free internet and advertising works for small businesses." > > Steve Satterfield, a director of privacy and public policy at Facebook, also > said during the press call that it will also support Epic Games, the company > behind the popular video game Fortnite, which filed a lawsuit against Apple > earlier this year alleging the iPhone maker engaged in anti-competitive > practices by demanding up to a 30% cut of app sales made on the iPhone and > iPad. Epic Games also sued Google and Fortnite was removed from Apple's App > Store and the Google Play Store. > "We are prepared to provide relevant information in their litigation about > how Apple's policies are hurting the millions of people and businesses who > use our services," Satterfield said. > Epic didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. > > The Facebook ads criticizing Apple, which were earlier reported by > Bloomberg, appeared in newspapers including The Washington Post and The Wall > Street Journal. > > Original Article at: > https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-escalates-feud-with-apple-over-ios-privac > y-changes/?ftag=CAD090e536&bhid=22694667381686839172315209628767&mid=1320422 > 8&cid=643954770 > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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