Hey all, Hypesheet is a small journaling app I made over the past month. I was inspired by various situations in which I lost track of good things that have happened throughout day to day and so I wanted a small app that could help keep track of those moments to "hype" me up per se.
From my understanding, the iOS permission to track prompt is only if your app uses user device data for the purpose of targeted advertising by accessing the IDFA. There shouldn't be a problem if you disable the collection of IDFA and you can configure exactly that via Firebase Google Analytics [1]. I don't see a whole sale banning of free analytics SDKs but I do see a positive shift in forcing developers to have more awareness about what data is collected and what it is used for.
Edit: Per Apple's definitions of tracking, it also includes sharing user or device data with data brokers.[2]
With all the work Apple has done in introducing tools and tech for developers to bring AR to life and apps to get users acquainted with the technology, I believe it sets the stage for Apple to bring in a headset to really make AR/VR go mainstream.
I’m not sure if this was the reason it was approved but it’s possible the developer of the app presented one set of features to the reviewers, and then once approved, turned on a different set of features for its users. This can be done by returning a server side Boolean value to indicate which feature(s) to show and can be done after the app is on the App Store.
Looking for any and all feedback, thanks!