←back to thread

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: 0.216s | source
Show context
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...

replies(5): >>43537947 #>>43538151 #>>43538242 #>>43538615 #>>43538944 #
gruez ◴[31 Mar 25 18:31 UTC] No.43538151[source]▶
What's even the "double confirmation" that's required?

1. the ATT permission prompt from iOS

2. a prompt from the app itself

?

replies(1): >>43538668 #
refulgentis ◴[31 Mar 25 19:16 UTC] No.43538668[source]▶
Yes
replies(1): >>43539838 #
1. BeFlatXIII ◴[31 Mar 25 20:52 UTC] No.43539838[source]▶
Then it's not a problem and France is just throwing some hissy fit.