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

(arstechnica.com)
250 points sebastian_z | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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FridgeSeal ◴[31 Mar 25 20:00 UTC] No.43539200[source]▶
Some apps have a “pre permissions” pop up telling users about what permissions they’re about to ask for, before then initiating the iOS permissions pop up.

The Apple apps go straight to the permissions pop up.

How is it Apples fault they do this?

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1. klabb3 ◴[31 Mar 25 20:48 UTC] No.43539802[source]▶
I think with Apple you agreed to let them do human experiments in the EULA when you’re unboxing your device. With yet-another-tower-defense games the agreement needs to be done on a per-app or at least per-publisher basis.

The native iOS permission dialog is only a consent about what the app can do locally, and doesn’t list the 1034 close partners that they will share your DNA with.

Makes me think.. one potential risk here is that vendors will band together under a common ”publisher” where apps can piggyback on consent from previous apps, just like the big guys do but without being part of the same feudal kingdom. Wouldn’t surprise me if this already happens.