| I think that the author speaks about the play store because they are an Android dev. Unfortunately the grass is not really greener on the other side. Apple's app store is also focusing on the free with ads model. As far as tracking goes, my experience as an app dev is that we have been adding the same sdks on both platforms at the same time with roughly the same possibilities and limitations. I have only worked on high profile apps, so these SDKs were not on the shady side, but I have seen the spam as well. I should note that even though the sdks are not shady, we are still tracking a LOT of data. I have a pretty neutral opinion on this though .. our only use for this is to look at how new features influence our metrics.
Which can be positive for everybody. It is good to know that feature x has improved customer satisfaction by 5% so it is worth continuing to invest in it. I wish there was more regulation on what we can collect, how we can use or not use that data, etc. Having a standard for TOS where you can use customer data internally to improve your service but are forbidden to sell it might be beneficiary. Right now we have tons of pages of lawyerspeak for each and every app or service. Even reading only those of the main services you use is a very time consuming task. Especiaylly when they change every five minutes for some companies. |