Apple tries to close privacy loopholes with new app submission policy

Some seemingly innocuous APIs are misused to track users, Apple says.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/apple-tries-to-close-privacy-loopholes-with-new-app-submission-policy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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it’s all about this

“at least those who are in a position to actively maintain their apps”

whether this specific policy actually keeps customer safer or just provides a false layer of ‘care’ to sell, or good or restrictive for devs… for better or worse it’s clearly more about forcing active maintenance on devs, which they think is care for the customer… when really their come back an opt-in strategy here is bad for people who want to continue to run stuff that doesn’t need an update except…