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by tgv 410 days ago
> That is right in the wheelhouse of tracking a user across apps.

The design is old. It probably predates facebook, so it's not been intentional, as your comment might be interpreted. But it certainly seems ripe for abuse. I'm curious if it would actually be used for that, because any app that can access internet already has a better way to share information.
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LunaSea 410 days ago
Facebook predates iPhones by 3 years.
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jen20 410 days ago
NSNotificationCenter predates the iPhone by 13 years, though…
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tgv 409 days ago
According to the docs, NSNotificationCenter already was present in Mac OS X 10.0. It seems to be present in NextSTEP 3.3, which was released in 1995 (http://www.cilinder.be/docs/next/NeXTStep/3.3/nd/Foundation/...).
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varenc 409 days ago
I was interning at Facebook in '07 when the first iPhone was released. Can confirm! Someone was 3rd in line at the Palo Alto Apple store and brought it over to the office.

Though iOS definitely predates 3rd party apps and the ad based economy. Which is a bit of a tautology.

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