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iOS 14.5 arrives today and practically every ad supported app is going to hit you with the equivalent of the EU cookie banner.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) April 26, 2021
The coverage of this from both WSJ at https://t.co/xRqQt9rdEu and the Financial Times has been informative on the ramifications across the industry. pic.twitter.com/ydMtfxfuvY
.@karaswisher: Facebook will adapt to Apple's privacy changes. She discusses Facebook's worry over Apple's new software update. "The only places to advertise are Facebook and Google so maybe that is the problem." @CNBCTechCheck https://t.co/dcZluAh6lL pic.twitter.com/TTkgPo1LbD
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 26, 2021
If you have an iPhone, please update to iOS 14.5. It contains a total reworking of it’s universal privacy features and now requires your consent before anything is allowed to track or gather your information. Zuckerberg has been trying to block this update in court for months https://t.co/pRWu7jrYcA
— Auggie (@AutumnDork) April 26, 2021
"With the release of Apple's iOS 14.5 on Monday, all of your apps will have to ask in a pop-up: Do you want to allow this app to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites? For once, your answer can be no."https://t.co/q5Nb69CTuu
— Try Catch HCF (@TryCatchHCF) April 26, 2021
Today, Apple will release iOS 14.5, one of its most anticipated software updates for iPhones & iPads in years. It includes a new privacy tool, called App Tracking Transparency, which should provide more control over how data is shared. https://t.co/dddNhQcIVh
— Michelle Manafy (@michellemanafy) April 26, 2021
The uh ... idea that Facebook *creating* a disinformation campaign is an equivalent "jab" to Cook's snide TV comments is a little jarring. https://t.co/REzgBKAPjI pic.twitter.com/YRaCAhwUmP
— Molly Wood (@mollywood) April 26, 2021
At a 2019 mogul fest, Zuckerberg asked Cook his opinion of the Cambridge Analytic data debacle. Cook responded acidly that FB should delete any information collected. Two years later, Zuck and Cook’s opposing positions have exploded into an all-out war. https://t.co/AhqeZfJ8I5
— katie rosman (@katierosman) April 26, 2021
One thing I don't understand is why, if Facebook and Apple are at each others' throats, Facebook doesn't start lobbying for app store legislation to break Apple's monopoly.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 26, 2021
The reality is: People don’t care more about privacy in theory...
— Whitney Merrill (@wbm312) April 26, 2021
They actually care about their privacy but feel like they’ve totally lost control. https://t.co/2rUX5QiZ06
Apple or FB? Neither. FB wants to keep collecting info about us to sell. ? wants to protect some privacy as $ premium feature. Privacy is our right. Social media is an essential public utility. WE NEED A PUBLIC OPTION designed around user needs & rights.https://t.co/B5fNeUcWCQ pic.twitter.com/V9K6tIbRgO
— David Grinspoon (@DrFunkySpoon) April 26, 2021
NEW: Go update your iPhone to 14.5 so you can tell apps to stop tracking you.
— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) April 26, 2021
Apple just introduced one of the most important privacy features in years. Here's a quick explainer on what that is. https://t.co/GDafI8f9Ya
It seems like only a matter of time before Facebook starts pointing out what a big business Apple has in China https://t.co/rcIOKU00Sq
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) April 26, 2021
This should be pretty epic. Anything Apple — or any other company — can do to knock Zuck and Facebook down a peg is good by me. https://t.co/76vgXQOOk1 pic.twitter.com/X9MAIPofnu
— Chris Morris (@camorris) April 26, 2021
Wow, here is another great report on the Apple changes. This one from @lilyhnewman @WIRED who also nails the nuance in what is impacted here especially the type of data collection being blocked by default without consent. https://t.co/udi3vic1Ig pic.twitter.com/o9i1Td0bQa
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) April 26, 2021
It's fascinating that FB has completely lost the war of public opinion against Apple despite having a strong starting position (people like free stuff and care more about privacy in theory!) and owning the world's biggest persuasion machine. https://t.co/dCmBFRiv29
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) April 26, 2021
Apple vs. Facebook: A new iPhone feature would let users stop Facebook from tracking them across other apps, escalating a feud between the companies. https://t.co/0gF9JA7EJp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 26, 2021
This really is some of the best PR I have ever seen.
— Gavin Baker (@GavinSBaker) April 26, 2021
What a win for Apple.
Would be equally easy to frame this as "Apple taking advantage of quasi monopoly power to increase its own services/advertising revenue by disadvantaging 3rd party apps."https://t.co/RzDVldCMjs
The NYTimes helped memorialize the launch date of iOS 14.5 with the anti-tracking features by publishing this article on the fight between Facebook and Apple.
— Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) April 26, 2021
Includes details about Facebook hiring a company to attack Apple's reputation, read it here:https://t.co/iiwdiVuT6Z
This is a good read on Apple’s new privacy features and some background on Facebook’s data collection efforts for those unaware how pervasive it is. But ... (1/2) https://t.co/UvUGDQz0wM
— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) April 26, 2021
#Apple’s new software also includes two other interesting new features: the ability to use Siri to play audio with a third-party app like Spotify and the option to quickly unlock an #iPhone while wearing a mask. https://t.co/vqjDtG2ImQ
— Spectrum News (@ProNewsViews) April 26, 2021
Aaaand update!
— Ulrike Franke (@RikeFranke) April 26, 2021
Apple's iOS 14.5 update for iPhones and iPads which is launched *today* includes a new privacy tool, called App Tracking Transparency, which could give us more control over how our data is shared.#SurveillanceCapitalismhttps://t.co/ZckiIkf99O
Mr. Zuckerberg asked Mr. Cook how he would handle the fallout from the controversy, people with knowledge of the conversation said. Mr. Cook responded acidly that FB should delete any info that it had collected about people outside of its core apps.
— Kush Katakia (@kushkatakia) April 26, 2021
https://t.co/Hka3LNnJmd
What a standup guy, with a totally not shady, extractive business "Mr. Zuckerberg told his lieutenants that Facebook 'needed to inflict pain' upon Apple and Mr. Cook"
— Elise Hu (@elisewho) April 26, 2021
Tim Cook: "If I’m asked who our biggest competitors are, they would not be listed"https://t.co/2ZAMdvVp7c
Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg met at Sun Valley in 2019.
— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) April 26, 2021
Facing scandal, Zuck asked Cook for advice. Cook told him to delete much of Facebook's data. Zuck was stunned -- and ignored him.
Now their feud has gotten even worse.
with @MikeIsaac:https://t.co/YK9wWi1X0Z
Apple and Facebook's fight intensifies with the release of a new iPhone feature today that requires apps to get permission to track people on other apps.
— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) April 26, 2021
Most people are expected to block that tracking -- and Facebook isn't happy.@bxchen explains here: https://t.co/Dv1SNijOEq
iPhone friends, install the new iOS update, which contains the anti-tracking features that Facebook despises.
— Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) April 26, 2021
And make sure you deny Facebook the tracking capabilities, so I can live vicariously through you (I have deleted all Facebook apps from my phone - for health reasons). pic.twitter.com/x6Dyq0UGIJ
I choose Tim Cook’s vision. https://t.co/4HAkbvL752
— DCGomez (@AllThingsNatSec) April 26, 2021
Don’t trust the surveillance capitalists. They’re shameless scoundrels. They make fake accounts and fake news to run targeted attacks against any challengers to their abusive business models. https://t.co/GljZGL9FWc via @MikeIsaac @jacknicas pic.twitter.com/jYslGpWuio
— David Carroll (@profcarroll) April 26, 2021
Zuckerberg has considered filing an antitrust suit against Apple.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 26, 2021
I don't get why he doesn't go after the app store moat. That wouldn't hurt Facebook.
"In 2017, a DC political firm funded by Facebook published anonymous articles criticizing Mr. Cook and created a false campaign to draft him as a presidential candidate, presumably to upend his relationship with Trump."
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 26, 2021
Billionaires are weird.https://t.co/GJiUD65IUt
After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Tim Cook effectiveoy told Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook’s business model was untenable, report @jacknicas and @MikeIsaac. Now their feud is playing out on a grand scale:https://t.co/ruf3FJdpU5
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) April 26, 2021
There are many entertaining feuds in Silicon Valley but this one between Cook and Zuckerberg is surely deserving of its own streaming series. Perhaps on Apple TV?
— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) April 26, 2021
A @MikeIsaac @jacknicas collaboration https://t.co/twfSmLazHX
"When an app wants to follow our activities to share information with third parties such as advertisers, a window will show up on our Apple device to ask for our permission to do so. If we say no, the app must stop monitoring and sharing our data."https://t.co/vpV0BP1joq
— Mary Mary. ? (@MsMaryRuthie) April 26, 2021
You'll notice one of the key arguments from FB is that tracking will help them "keep Facebook/Instagram free of charge"
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 26, 2021
I imagine this line will work on a lot of people. Of course, if you don't accept tracking, FB won't suddenly start charging you
What a great story. Corporate strategy meets personality conflict. And it basically touches everyone on earth. https://t.co/RKxutI2lTA
— Matt Phillips (@MatthewPhillips) April 26, 2021
iOS 14.5 is more convenient, secure, diverse, and privacy-centric. Huge win. Get it.https://t.co/6GdeRctXC2 pic.twitter.com/3PUjlrtk6b
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) April 26, 2021
FB is very concerned that if people only see the Apple prompt they will not allow tracking. That would be v bad for FB's targeted ads business
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 26, 2021
7/ You got it: Facebook
— Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) April 26, 2021
Facebook took to App Tracking Transparency like a foot to a stray Lego piece.
In a PR blitz following Apple’s announcement, it argued that small businesses would be hurt without the ability to send users targeted FB ads. pic.twitter.com/ye1ZVMJDOj
With Apple’s iOS 14.5 “when an app wants to follow our activities to share information with third parties...a window will show up on our Apple device to ask for our permission to do so. If we say no, the app must stop monitoring and sharing our data.” https://t.co/odXeAheEf1
— Daniel Munro (@dk_munro) April 26, 2021
A step in the right direction: “With Apple’s latest mobile software update, we can decide whether apps monitor and share our activities with others.” Here is how: https://t.co/H8mdZ5q97W @bxchen for the @nytimes
— Stratos Safioleas (@stratosathens) April 26, 2021
“Privacy is a fundamental human right [in countries where moral stand this costs us nothing]” - Tim Cook https://t.co/9F0Tf3hCmB
— parker (@pt) April 26, 2021
A live look at Tim Cook pushing the “release iOS 14.5” button, knowing what Mark Zuckerberg is feeling rn. pic.twitter.com/ThydAx8Dde
— Sami Fathi (@SamiFathi_) April 26, 2021
KELLY: Apple’s adding a privacy feature that lets you restrict apps from sharing your data. But this article says there’s pushback?
— Schubes (@Schubes17) April 26, 2021
ME: That’s odd, because that sounds good.
KELLY: Some guy is quoted that it’ll hurt small businesses.
ME: What, is he from Facebook?
Sure enough... pic.twitter.com/wzKQwrL0hQ
Here is the pop-up that Facebook plans to show users right before they have to decide whether to allow FB to "track" them on iOS 14.
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 26, 2021
So you'll see the FB screen first, then a version of this permissions screen from Apple (imagine "Venmo" is replaced with "Facebook") pic.twitter.com/iJB7Z1xxPS
Good read.
— Eliot Brown (@eliotwb) April 26, 2021
funny how big tech has a lot of "no YOU'RE the monopoly" fingerpointing right now https://t.co/qyX0n4BnAT
iOS 14.5, available now, brings App Tracking Transparency which requires apps to get the user’s permission before tracking their data across apps or websites owned by other companies for advertising, or sharing their data with data brokers.https://t.co/3ZBaX7074h
— Frederic Jacobs (@FredericJacobs) April 26, 2021
Apple will reportedly ship iOS 14.5 today https://t.co/ENrsknHZCG
— iMore (@iMore) April 26, 2021
? If you're tired of talking to Siri, you'll also have the option to choose a new Siri voice with the iOS 14.5 update.
— CNET (@CNET) April 26, 2021
Yes, that's right. There are more smart assistant voices for you to choose from. https://t.co/6VbNOlCbFk