[ScubaDiver]

'Google has said that Android 12 will feature a version of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency, but with so few phones getting new versions of Android when they arrive, it likely won’t affect ad rates for years to come.'

One of the benefits of Apple is the support they continue to offer phone users even years after initial purchase. iOS 15 supports phones as far back as the iPhone 6S, a phone that came out in the Fall of 2015. You can buy a $1K Samsung Galaxy and you'll be lucky to get two-years of updates.

[BrexitBen]

Big Brother is more hi-tech than even Orwell envisioned.

[ocrp1982]

I have an Android from Motorola. I never use it for anything other than business and personal calls, texts, and checking my emails. I rarely use it to surf the net. I have disabled tracking and location data.
I use my small laptop for everything else. And, I use my VPN at all times. I prefer the laptop with a dongle when on the road as its functionality is far superior. And, at home, a laptop is a no-brainer over a small phone.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

OK, but you can root it and update forever...

[ETCM]

One of the benefits of Apple is the support they continue to offer phone users even years after initial purchase.

I bought a new Android from HTC back in 2011 that never got a major update and was completely unsupported just 18 months after purchase. Stuck at "Honeycomb" in an "Ice Cream Sandwich" and "Jellybean" world. Most new apps wouldn't even run on it. Android was fun as a "hobby", when I installed all sorts of mods. iPhone just works, is fully supported for many years and Apple takes privacy far, far more seriously than Google.

[Swordmaker]

Opting out of ad tracking on iOS is so popular that ad revenue on iOS devices is dropping like a stone while revenue on Android is increasing as users are quickly opting out of being tracked on ads in apps on iPhones and iPads… WIN! Apple, LOSS! Google Ads!

APPLE iOS 14.5 Ad Tracking Opt Out/In Works!
PING!

If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.

[AlaskaErik]

I must have said no at one time, because my tracking feature was turned off.

[zeugma]

There are a lot of apple haters on this site. Some of it I understand, but really, there is no comparison at all between the privacy of an iphone and an android.

[zeugma]

For those of you who have iPhones, now would be a good time to go through and make sure all of your privacy settings are what you want them to be.

Go to ‘settings’, ‘privacy’, then take a quick look at each category. Mine is locked down pretty tight. I’d pay particular attention to any app that has access to your microphone and camera. Ask yourself if the app should really have that.

[sourcery]

But that will drive the consumers to iOS...

[ETCM]

China not happy

In China, things have gotten so bad that The Financial Times reports that Baidu, Tencent, and TikTok parent ByteDance along with other retch companies have banded together to create “a new way of tracking iPhones for advertising” called the China Advertising ID. In response, Apple blocked several updates to apps utilizing CAID causing the platform to lose some of its support. It appears as though Apple’s gambit has worked and the project has stalled before it even got off the ground.