"While Apple effectively tracks users on its own platform, the pre-installed apps are exempted from displaying a message asking permission to track users.
This is because Apple’s Anti-Tracking Transparency only applies to the apps that use third-party data to track users. Since Apple’s tracking stays within its own ecosystem, the company’s native apps are not subject to the policy. An exception Apple made for itself drew backlash, with some comparing the “nefarious”-sounding prompt third-party developers have to show to a far less ominous “personalized ads” pop-up Apple has to show itself."
Apps like Facebook can track the user any which way they please. They can't track users in other apps without consent.
"While Apple effectively tracks users on its own platform, the pre-installed apps are exempted from displaying a message asking permission to track users.
This is because Apple’s Anti-Tracking Transparency only applies to the apps that use third-party data to track users. Since Apple’s tracking stays within its own ecosystem, the company’s native apps are not subject to the policy. An exception Apple made for itself drew backlash, with some comparing the “nefarious”-sounding prompt third-party developers have to show to a far less ominous “personalized ads” pop-up Apple has to show itself."
Apps like Facebook can track the user any which way they please. They can't track users in other apps without consent.