Lmao, just like all the businesses that build their platform on top of Facebook APIs only to have those APIs closed down, now Facebook will realize what it's like to build your business based on hardware device tracking, only to have manufacturer's like Apple restrict that down.
Please don't post like this to HN. I'm not saying you owe FB better, but you certainly owe the community better if you're participating here. We want thoughtful, curious conversation that adds new information on interesting things. A comment that starts with "Lmao" and ends with "rot in hell" is not intersecting that space.
IIRC, a while ago an internal memo from Zuckerberg leaked in which he detailed that this is why he's investing in Oculus. Zuck sees VR as the next frontier of technology, and he wants to own the platform instead of merely being an app on it.
Imho, Apple just wants money. FB will agree to pay 15 billions/year to keep tracking enabled, similar to how Google pays Apple to keep their search the default option.
At least give me the choice. Like a switch in the settings screen saying "let Apple police me and others". I would even be ok with it being ON by default.
Oops. Yes. But Apple is not applying it consistently. They are still policing us in a lot of different ways too. One of the many examples is that Firefox is forced to use webkit on iOS, and nobody is allowed to have their own web rendering engine in the app store, which goes right against the principles of general purpose computing and having control over your own device. It's nice that Apple has a content-filter for people who are not tech-savvy, or for kids who are not allowed to see certain content, but that filter should be optional.
Buh bye facebook. May you rot in hell.