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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking

(arstechnica.com)
249 points sebastian_z | 3 comments | 31 Mar 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.598s | source
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woah ◴[31 Mar 25 18:05 UTC] No.43537884[source]▶
If the EU isn't fining someone for tracking users too much, they're fining them for not tracking users enough.
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1. danieldk ◴[31 Mar 25 18:26 UTC] No.43538090[source]▶
That's not what is going on here, right? The complaint is that the consent process is much harder for third-party apps than Apple apps and Apple cannot give itself advantages because Apple is a gatekeeper w.r.t iOS.

A simple yes-no for third-party applications makes it easier for the user to reject tracking and doesn't make the process more cluttered than for Apple apps.

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2. pertymcpert ◴[31 Mar 25 21:32 UTC] No.43540215[source]▶
Where did you get that part from?

> Third-party publishers "cannot rely on the ATT framework to comply with their legal obligations," so they "must continue to use their own consent collection solution," the French agency said. "The result is that multiple consent pop-ups are displayed, making the use of third-party applications in the iOS environment excessively complex."

It's not harder at all. France are just mad that their small advertisers have to ask for permission again which is their own choice.

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3. johnnyanmac ◴[01 Apr 25 11:31 UTC] No.43545497[source]▶
The part where you said

>Third-party publishers "cannot rely on the ATT framework to comply with their legal obligation

Yeah, as apple loves to do, rules for thee but not for me.

>France are just mad that their small advertisers have to ask for permission again

Because Apple's isn't good enough, but in apple fashion you must use it (but they dont). Yeah, anti-competitive.