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by baby 1268 days ago
It’s like the iOS popup “do you want to let the app track you?”

It’s a BS feature and they might as well default to not let apps track. Is anyone going to click yes?

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If they just defaulted to "no" with no option to opt-in this would prompt the argument that people love targeted ads and Apple is the bad guy for not allowing them.

If they give the choice, they can put out real-world proof out there that nobody wants them, as demonstrated by low single-digit acceptance rates.

They can use this proof in the future to default to "no" without possibility of opt-in.

> They can use this proof in the future to default to "no" without possibility of opt-in.

Maybe that's their strategy, but it's manipulative and a sneaky way to obtain what they want while avoiding [SOMETHING]. Where something is lawsuits? regulations? outrage? No idea.

I sometimes click yes. Why not? How has the last 20 years of ads effected me?