<story><title>Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ data’ vs Facebook, Google</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-ad-network-gets-special-privileges-that-facebook-google-wont-on-ios14/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>AlexandrB</author><text>&amp;gt; Essentially, Apple is forcing advertisers to use a per-app permission pop-up with scary language, telling users the app wants permission to track them across other apps and websites.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; But notice the significantly scarier language: “’Pal About’ would like permission to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies.”&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; This is language that is likely designed to minimize opt-in.&lt;p&gt;Love how honest language is framed as &amp;quot;scary&amp;quot; language. This is an admission that what they do is fundamentally creepy and if they were honest with their users, much fewer would be ok with it.&lt;p&gt;I wish advertisers were forced to ask permission using similar language on all platforms.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>luckylion</author><text>You&amp;#x27;ve left out a critical part, which explains the &amp;quot;minimize opt-in&amp;quot; comment:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In contrast, Apple’s own advertising service looks to enable personalization by default, giving it a platform-level advantage over competitors.&lt;p&gt;And the language in Apple&amp;#x27;s settings is quite different as well, they claim that their &amp;quot;advertising platform is designed to protect your privacy&amp;quot;. That doesn&amp;#x27;t sound invasive, quite the opposite, that sounds like they shield you from harm.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ data’ vs Facebook, Google</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/08/07/apple-ad-network-gets-special-privileges-that-facebook-google-wont-on-ios14/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>AlexandrB</author><text>&amp;gt; Essentially, Apple is forcing advertisers to use a per-app permission pop-up with scary language, telling users the app wants permission to track them across other apps and websites.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; But notice the significantly scarier language: “’Pal About’ would like permission to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies.”&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; This is language that is likely designed to minimize opt-in.&lt;p&gt;Love how honest language is framed as &amp;quot;scary&amp;quot; language. This is an admission that what they do is fundamentally creepy and if they were honest with their users, much fewer would be ok with it.&lt;p&gt;I wish advertisers were forced to ask permission using similar language on all platforms.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MiroF</author><text>&amp;#x27;Love how honest language is framed as &amp;quot;scary&amp;quot; language&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Isn&amp;#x27;t the problem here that Apple isn&amp;#x27;t using honest language for their own advertising?</text></comment>