Fri. 11/20 – Facebook And Apple Trade Schoolyard Taunts
Techmeme Ride Home
Brian McCullough
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🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Facebook and Apple are calling each other names again. “Privacy Thief!” “Monopolist!” And why we might see more of this in the coming years. Roblox files maybe the most exciting S-1 of this IPO batch. Stadia is going to work around the App Store too. Another big milestone crossed for self-driving cars. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Apple doubles down on upcoming iOS 14 privacy features, slams Facebook for collecting ‘as much data as possible’ (9to5Mac)
- Roblox files for its IPO (Axios)
- Stadia will be playable on iOS via Safari in the coming ‘weeks’ (9to5Google)
- Robotaxi companies get the green light to charge for rides in California (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions
- ‘An overnight success 10 years in the making’: Atlanta is the future for Black leaders in tech (Protocol)
- Huawei, 5G, and the Man Who Conquered Noise (Wired)
- The Substackerati (CJR)
- Jack Ma vs. the Party: Inside the collapse of the world's biggest IPO (Nikkei Asia)
- Ok Google: please publish your DKIM secret keys (Matthew Green's Blog)
- ‘Like Being Grilled Alive’: The Fear of Living With a Hackable Heart (OneZero)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Friday, November 20th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough. |
| 0:08.4 | Today, Facebook and Apple are calling each other names again. Privacy Thief, Monopoly, |
| 0:14.0 | and why we might see more of this sort of thing in the coming years. |
| 0:18.0 | Roblox files may be the most exciting S1 of this IPO batch. |
| 0:22.0 | Stadia is going to work around the App Store 2, another big |
| 0:25.8 | milestone crust for self-driving cars and of course the weekend long read |
| 0:29.0 | suggestions. Here's what you missed today in the world of Tech. |
| 0:38.5 | So another case of mommy and daddy are fighting again. It's just this time a different mommy and daddy are fighting. |
| 0:42.3 | It's complicated, but it breaks down like this. |
| 0:45.2 | In an open letter, Apple yesterday |
| 0:47.4 | defended its decision to delay those IDFA changes |
| 0:50.9 | in iOS 14 that would block the sort of tracking data ads that. a slammed Facebook, quoting 9 to 5 Mac. |
| 1:03.0 | In a letter sent to the ranking digital rights organization, |
| 1:06.6 | Apple's Jane Horvath, senior director of global privacy, |
| 1:09.6 | reiterated that the company believes that, quote, |
| 1:12.1 | privacy is a fundamental human right end quote |
| 1:14.7 | Horvath explains that Apple delayed the app tracking transparency ATT feature in an |
| 1:20.8 | effort to give developers more time to prepare for the changes. |
| 1:24.0 | The letter also confirms that the app tracking transparency feature, which is designed to allow users to disable tracking between different applications, |
| 1:31.0 | is still coming next year. |
| 1:33.4 | Once in effect, developers will also be required to ask for permission before tracking a user |
| 1:37.6 | across apps or websites. |
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