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

(arstechnica.com)
249 points sebastian_z | 6 comments | 31 Mar 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 1.042s | source | bottom
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nottorp ◴[31 Mar 25 17:45 UTC] No.43537683[source]▶
Actually Apple were fined because they don't apply the same standard to their own pop-ups that allow users to reject tracking. On Apple popups you seem to need one click, while on 3rd party popups you need to confirm twice.

So the fine seems to be for treating 3rd parties differently from their own stuff.

They could make their own popups require double confirmation instead...

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tedunangst ◴[31 Mar 25 19:38 UTC] No.43538944[source]▶
I'm actually okay with the Apple Camera app asking me once and the Domino's Pizza app having to ask me twice. Who are the consumers being harmed here?
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1. pests ◴[31 Mar 25 19:50 UTC] No.43539083[source]▶
Domino's?
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2. jtmarl1n ◴[31 Mar 25 19:59 UTC] No.43539186[source]▶
US-based Pizza restaurant
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3. pests ◴[31 Mar 25 20:10 UTC] No.43539327[source]▶
I know what it is. They were asking who was harmed.
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4. Retric ◴[31 Mar 25 20:38 UTC] No.43539679{3}[source]▶
Double conformation would presumably help Dominoes as it would encourage people to accept tracking.
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6. Retric ◴[01 Apr 25 01:13 UTC] No.43541822{4}[source]▶
To clarify across 10’s of millions of people even slight inconvenience really does push people to accept 3rd party tracking.

There’s a lot of dark patterns websites use because AB testing shows even slightly more effort works.