<story><title>FTC commissioner met with Apple regarding Facebook’s iOS 14 complaints</title><url>https://www.myhealthyapple.com/etc-apple-facebook-ios14/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>I was recently met with a new popup in the Instagram app, asking me to allow it to track me across applications.  I actually said yes, because I get great targeted ads in Instagram and Facebook.  I&amp;#x27;ve clicked on multiple ads and actually even made purchases of things that I didn&amp;#x27;t know about that looked interesting.&lt;p&gt;But the important part is that I do it willingly.  I&amp;#x27;m glad they were forced to ask -- not everyone is ok with that kind of tracking, and that&amp;#x27;s the whole point.  I&amp;#x27;m totally with Apple on this one.  Give people choice.&lt;p&gt;I made my choice, and everyone else should get to make theirs too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Spooky23</author><text>Are you ok? I’ve never heard any anyone this thrilled about an ad experience in my life.</text></comment>
<story><title>FTC commissioner met with Apple regarding Facebook’s iOS 14 complaints</title><url>https://www.myhealthyapple.com/etc-apple-facebook-ios14/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>I was recently met with a new popup in the Instagram app, asking me to allow it to track me across applications.  I actually said yes, because I get great targeted ads in Instagram and Facebook.  I&amp;#x27;ve clicked on multiple ads and actually even made purchases of things that I didn&amp;#x27;t know about that looked interesting.&lt;p&gt;But the important part is that I do it willingly.  I&amp;#x27;m glad they were forced to ask -- not everyone is ok with that kind of tracking, and that&amp;#x27;s the whole point.  I&amp;#x27;m totally with Apple on this one.  Give people choice.&lt;p&gt;I made my choice, and everyone else should get to make theirs too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>OneTwoPetitFour</author><text>Thanks for the perspective. I was an early Instagram user, but deleted my account not so long after they introduced stories.&lt;p&gt;Recently, I registered a new account, and after a grace period without ads, I was surprised by just how drenched it has become in advertising. I used it to follow professional athletes. First of, many of the organic posts are themselves sponsored advertising, then the athletes share brand posts from their sponsors, and then between every story you get an actual ad.&lt;p&gt;Of course, with more personal connections the trade of might be different, but for my use case described above Instagram seemed unsustainable.</text></comment>