You shouldn’t turn it off because Apple makes millions of $$$ from it; you should turn it off because personal data collection is just bad
I’d say both, don’t make the rich richer
especially when the rich have no hesitations to comply and cooperate with fascist regimes
And when said corporation’s CEO gives the fascist dictator a golden trophy on live TV.
Context?
Gives me a 403 error.
Found the info through the url. Gosh that’s fucked up. Gold Apple trophy for the Nazi leader. Smh
don’t make the rich richer
But my stock gains! This feature adds fractions of a cent to each share. Where’s your sacrifice for
themygreatermediocregoodwealth extraction?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but all this switch does is make adds relevant/not relevant to you. It doesn’t stop whatever data is needed to make it work, does it?
Nor does it cut into the corporate revenues. They get paid for the ads either way. The odds of you clicking an ad (presumably) go down, though, so the click-through revenue the company would hypothetically get if you clicked on ads will be theoretically diminished assuming you believe the big tech companies aren’t lying about that data to their advertisers as well.
Still better than being spied on. Irrelevant ads are an improvement.
The commenter you replied to seems to be suggesting that the spying still happens
Just spam us based on the actual content being experienced, advertisers, gosh!
Worked just about forever! (Well for however long the web had ads pre-personalization)
It limits the use of a unique device id that can be shared with third parties. AFAIK it doesn’t limit anything for Apple’s 1st party apps that include advertising, like Maps.
Notably Apple is spinning up a demand side platform (DSP) where advertisers can spend money directly on Apple platforms to place ads. That almost certainly means that platform will have full access to relevant user data for their ads customers.
At this point they’re shafting the advertisers. They may not be personalized ads to you, but the advertisers don’t know control where their ads show up. They just pay whenever their ads get displayed.
Apple/Google still make the money regardless of “personalized” ads. They still group these users based on some data points like IP location and trends in those areas.
These company’s worth didn’t grow to trillions without profiting off on both ends. Malicious compliance is the name of the game.
When you have an android phone you should also turn it off.
Is this an OS level thing or a per-app issue on Android?
My system blocks adverts to such a degree I don’t know what this looks like!
It’s in global Google settings. Under “all services” > “ads”.
Yes, everyone should do everything they can to avoid seeing advertisements. No one is immune, and advertising is very effective. That’s how Trump ended up as President twice. Yes, that was advertising, all of it.
It’s hard for them to show me ads when I barely look at my phone. It’s hard for them to show me ads through uBlock. I go most days without seeing an intrusive ad. I only see ads on the rare occasion I do online shopping. I do that the same way I shop IRL, as quickly as possible.
It was a bit more involved than “advertisements”. It was a targeted psyop. Cfr Cambridge Analytica.
ALL advertising is a targeted psyop. It’s literally trying to get you to do something you wouldn’t otherwise do.
One of the first things that gets turned off.
Ad tracking of any kind.
AI of any kind.
Notifications for almost everything.
Any other metrics or telemetry that can be disabled without impacting functionality.
Absolutely, notifications are so annoying. Phone and texts are all I want to make a sound. Everything else can wait for me to interact
Supposedly the new Samsung “OneUI 8” upgrade tries to streamline notifications and make them less annoying or attention grabbing. I just upgraded so I’m curious what it’ll be like but according to articles the entire goal of version 8 was to make the device less noisy to the user in general.
I unfortunately have a samsung and their last update for notifications sucked, it split the quick actions and notifications into two divided pull downs.
I dislike the company but that is a good idea.
I agree… that was the last update I did too and I like the split pulldown. That was before the 8.0 update, I haven’t noticed anything majorly different with 8.0 so far though.
The cool thing is that you can turn it off
We get it, you’re paid by Apple.
Or, I hope someone sucking corporate cock like you do is getting paid at least,.
I’m going to save this comment as an excellent example of someone who is a “fanatic”. Someone who believes that the only way someone could disagree with them is if they were paid to do that.
The irony is lost on you.
Guess you’re just a free corporate hoe after all. I feel sorry for you. Not even getting paid to lick those boots clean.
I’m sorry to hear of your troubles. Best wishes.
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Everyone says Apple cares about privacy. Why is this even there?
If they cared less you wouldn’t even get the option
Not true. They’re required by law.
Incorrect
GDPR Article 7:
Art. 7(3): Users must be able to withdraw consent at any time, and it must be as easy to withdraw as to give → This is why an opt-out must exist.
Funny. Because apple says they respect my data security and privacy first and foremost and as we all know, lying in advertisements isn’t a thing.
I wish there was a way to turn off that Klarna advert in Apple Pay.
Every time you pay there is a ‘Other cards and pay later options’ button. You use it to change to a different card, but when you do there’s an option to sign up for Klarna.
Apple should do better than be promoting shitty BNPL services.
