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

(arstechnica.com)
250 points sebastian_z | 3 comments | 31 Mar 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.621s | 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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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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surgical_fire ◴[31 Mar 25 20:01 UTC] No.43539214[source]▶
It doesn't really matter if you are "fine" with their anti-conpetitive behavior. They should comply to regulations properly.
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1. ecshafer ◴[31 Mar 25 20:19 UTC] No.43539453[source]▶
That is borderline tautological. Apple should comply with the regulations, because they are the regulations. The regulations are there to protect users, a 3rd party application is more likely to harm the user, so less trust is warranted.
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2. pjmlp ◴[31 Mar 25 20:32 UTC] No.43539610[source]▶
There is no Apple country, at least not yet.
3. surgical_fire ◴[31 Mar 25 20:40 UTC] No.43539705[source]▶
> That is borderline tautological. Apple should comply with the regulations, because they are the regulations.

Correct.

> The regulations are there to protect users

Also correct.

> a 3rd party application is more likely to harm the user, so less trust is warranted.

Not sure if I agree or not, but it doesn't matter.