Well, Android has the same thing, except you can't even turn it off in Settings! (you can on regenerate the ID). On iOS you could always just disable it.
Yes that's totally true. But first Google doesn't really portray themselves as a "Privacy respecting" alternative. And second, it's not because other companies are doing similar abusive things that we should praise and thanks Apple.
The title should be more like "At last, after years of using it, Apple finally remove the abusive cross-app tracking that other companies still use", but not "Thank you Apple".
The title should be more like "At last, after years of using it, Apple finally remove the abusive cross-app tracking that other companies still use", but not "Thank you Apple".