TOBY SHAPSHAK: Apple’s privacy tilt shakes Facebook
Apple’s iOS 14.5 update will prevent advertisers from tracking users — but Facebook is not going down without a fight
06 May 2021 - 05:00
For the past few years, my favourite tech companies have been Apple and Microsoft. It’s not just that I use a Macbook (the delightful new Pro M1) and an iPhone, or that I use Microsoft Word for all my writing. I like them because they sell me a service which I pay for with my credit card — not by them data-mining everything about me and my online habits so that they can sell me to their real customers, the advertisers.
Yeah, Google and Facebook, I’m glaring at you...
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