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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 6 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | source | bottom
1. ksec ◴[02 Feb 25 18:05 UTC] No.42910388[source]▶
May be Steve Jobs was right all along. We dont need Smartphone with App Store. Either 1st Party Apps and Everything else should be on Browser or Apps that uses Browser Engine.
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2. voytec ◴[02 Feb 25 18:08 UTC] No.42910412[source]▶
What? [0]

[0] Steve Jobs introduces App Store - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3X6Fu5JiE

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3. ◴[02 Feb 25 18:09 UTC] No.42910418[source]▶
4. collinvandyck76 ◴[02 Feb 25 20:14 UTC] No.42911377[source]▶
Probably referring to Jobs' initial stance that HTML5 is more than sufficient for "apps". Of course, he acquiesced and eventually added the App Store.
5. nabaraz ◴[02 Feb 25 20:23 UTC] No.42911448[source]▶
Steve jobs embraced web apps as much as he could.[0]. But people weren't willing to give up desktop apps.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20070809174426/http://www.apple....

6. RedComet ◴[02 Feb 25 22:31 UTC] No.42912549[source]▶
Websites tend to have more ads and tracking than native apps, and they're still getting your ip address.