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Lew Later

iPhone App Tracking Exodus, Amazon Partners With Tile, Google vs Roku

Lew Later

Quickscope Media

Tech News, News, Technology

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Apple's new anti-tracking measures making a huge impact, Amazon partners with Tile, Google pulls 4D chess move on Roku. Get a Latercase - https://latercase.com​ UNBXT Hat - https://bit.ly/31LMIgK --- Subscribe for more internet + tech news. Email questions to will [at] lewlater dot com.

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0:00.0

So it's been a lot of news about this Apple, Facebook, privacy, ads, ads, tracking, Instagram, Facebook, stuff.

0:10.0

And originally, it seemed like it was going to be a nail in a coffin of the likes of Facebook and Instagram who relied on some level of

0:23.1

knowing who you are in order to issue with the ad that's going to be effective that you're going to click on, etc.

0:30.9

And then there was a follow up where Zuckerberg was like, eh, we'll figure it out. We'll get this sorted out.

0:36.8

I don't know how he dies, and he gets sorted out. But in this recent iOS update, it's notifying you about everything.

0:43.6

Any little apps trying to do anything is notifications out of control.

0:47.9

It's telling you, hey, it's, uh, do you want to allow this app to track you?

0:53.0

And we covered it on this show how the prompt is, in my opinion, it was a little bit more gentle

1:00.0

than I had imagined it would be. Like it could have been phrased in such a way where it said,

1:05.7

this app is, uh, tracking your behavior and sharing your information with other applications. Would you like to stop it?

1:13.9

In which case, everybody clicks, yes. But it was a little bit more open ended than that, where it said, this may improve.

1:21.6

It actually implied that it may change the ads that you see.

1:27.2

And I thought, okay, that little detail Apple didn't have to do that.

1:30.4

And seeing that detail in there, maybe there's a life for the ad, uh, tracking business,

1:38.2

for the likes of Instagram and things like this. And for those who want to just a quick recap,

1:41.6

but essentially how these operate is through, uh, analyzing your behavior around the web,

1:48.4

and then transacting in your information, they're able to predict the things you might want to buy.

1:55.0

And then when you're scrolling Instagram, obviously, it's like, oh, hey, will you do? Here's a,

2:01.8

a snowboard, or here's a toy for the dog over there. Yes. By the way, it's a no bark show today.

2:09.0

I talked, I know I talked to Otis before it. Yeah. I talked to Otis before the show. We came to an

2:15.8

agreement. You sat him down. I did. Today's a day. It's a no bark show.

2:23.9

And he gave me, he gave me, you know, he kind of looked up at me and I feel it was a connection.

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