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

(arstechnica.com)
249 points sebastian_z | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source
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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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crazygringo ◴[31 Mar 25 19:11 UTC] No.43538615[source]▶
I'm genuinely confused. Where's the double part?

When I install an app I get a single popup asking whether I want to share with advertisers or not.

I don't have to do anything twice.

Is it different in Europe or something? Is there a second popup there, and if so, what?

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1. tarentel ◴[31 Mar 25 19:58 UTC] No.43539178[source]▶
I'm assuming there are additional GDPR compliance asks in Europe when using apps. If that's the case I don't see how that is Apple's fault. I wish this article was a bit better but after reading a few of them I still don't get what the actual complaint is.