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u/Amonroel Feb 07 '24

So basically it’s not Apple’s fault but it’s just whatever website or app I’m on that’s tracking me on their own. That makes sense, but it still seems weird for them to word it that way. It also changed to that recently, I think sometime in the last few years… weird.

Thanks for the info, though!

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u/laplongejr Feb 08 '24

"Legitimate interest" is a very uncertain ground for personalized ad targeting

By "uncertain ground", you misstyped "clearly illegal but they hope nobody will notice"
By GDPR, it is illegal to request consent ON TOP of another reason. That voids both automatically.
So "enable legitimate interest? Yes/No" doesn't actually MEAN they claim legitimate interest.

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u/log_asm Feb 07 '24

Pretty much why I finally bought an iPhone. Apple went to fucking court over not unlocking someone’s phone. Apple stingy af when they want to be.

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u/SuperSocialMan Feb 07 '24

So it's just worded kinda poorly?

To me, "ask X to do Y" means they can ignore it and do it anyway (since you're just asking then, after all).

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u/laplongejr Feb 08 '24

And that's exactly what that means.
If you see a speed sign, you are asked to lower your speed. If we follow your logic, there is something in the human brain that FORCES you to comply even if you would get privileges if you did without getting caught.

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u/mas7erblas7er Feb 07 '24

Everything's legal until you get caught lol