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by askafriend 1397 days ago
I understand the size of the app install market and you're absolutely right to point that out.

However you're saying Apple is blocking Facebook. No one is blocking anyone. Apple is saying you have to ask for user consent before gathering that data.

For Apple to use their own first-party data to personalize the App Store, you have to give them permission - they ask you for consent upfront.

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I’ve seen the prompt that Apple gives when asking if you want personalized ads (different from the “ask app not to track” prompt they apply to Facebook). I don’t believe that rejecting this prompt blocks conversion measurement. For Facebook and others, Apple lumps these concepts together into the term “tracking”, but they don’t apply that standard to themselves.

Apple talking about how users who reject personalization in the App Store convert at the same rate, according to Apple’s tracking of their conversions: https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/11/ios-15-users-opt-out-of-perso...