Matt BurgessJan 17, 2023

I read through 70,000 words of Apple's privacy policy and associated guides so you don't have to.

Apple's advertising business has grown massively in recent years, with ads appearing in the App Store, News and Stocks apps. Part of this is its personalized advertising. Everything you do in the App Store is tracked, every tap of the screen and scroll of a page.

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-privacy-data-collection/

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@mattburgess I’m with Gruber on this one. Gruber: “That last point is the nut of it. It’s a nuanced argument, but I’ll go to the mat that the App Store’s financial success is the worst thing that’s happened to Apple this century. It’s a distraction at best, and a profound corruption at worst.”
Jan 17, 2023 at 1:00pmWeb