Do you know about what Victoria Nuland (leaked intercepted tapes), Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsay Graham, Hunter Biden, CIA John Brennan, etc. did in Ukraine?
Do you know that Zelenskyy had a sub-28% approval rating from his own population because he threatened to acquire nuclear weapons, threatened to join NATO, join the EU (comes with military connections also, BTW), take back Crimea and the entirety of the Donbas, etc.? His population mostly wanted Austria-style neutrality but he was being strung along by the US because we wanted to turn it into a battering ram against Russia.
I have never once seen an ad on my phone or on my desktop -- all thanks to ad blockers.
They don't use photos for ad-targeting.
Your messages are typically E2EE.
I do actually have location history and sharing (with spouse) turned ON. But, yet again, I have not seen an ad for anything on my phone. I have turned off personalized ads too. I don't know how people are using
As far as sharing my location with Google or Apple is concerned -- I don't mind because either way my cellular provider also knows where I am. More importantly, thanks to the rights and liberties in our country, I do not feel the need to hide my location from law enforcement.
And now, the iOS devices I have are going to have the capability to scan my photos via neural hashing and cross-reference that with whatever TPTB see fit.
I'm 44. My parents are 64 and 62. They are, I guess you could call them "tech-illiterate".
My simple rules for them: You don't install anything on your devices without checking with me. This includes the browser. You also don't go on shady sites offering free streaming of your favorite TV shows. If you want such media, you ask me and I get it for you. You only stay on legit/popular sites. Plus, I use a simple DNS sinkhole and browser-based ad-blocking.
These simple rules and precautionshave saved me tons of time, money, and frustration. My friends in similar situations didn't make such rules. The result, as an example: my friend's dad managed to have Safari and other stuff on his MacBook Air essentially hijacked by adware.
Children, elderly, and tech-illiterate people will click on anything and give up any piece of information. They will also do this regardless of you telling them otherwise -- this is a sign of disrespect and bad behavior that should be punished.
And, people never bring up why iOS users eyeballs are worthier.
It's first-world currency spending and the fact that a ton of the revenue generated via iOS comes from spending on games and from Google paying Apple to keep them as the default search engine.
From what I recall, both of these add up to well north of $20bn/year.
So, in effect, Apple is fighting for gaming and ad revenue here. It's rather obvious that after they're done kicking Facebook and other 3rd party ad-trackers off their platform: they will push their own ad-tracking platform. I like that Facebook is suffering.
Personally, I find them a bit usurious in this regard. My opinion can change. But, there is something irksome about allowing platform owners the right to dictate what you can install on your device.
What a dumb thing to be disturbed about.
Incognito/private mode doesn't stop a website from trying to track you.
It will help you refresh your cookies and start fresh.
I am an Apple hater who owns a MacBook and an iPad.
I am extremely happy with their USB-C decision.
I want USB-C everywhere.
Just buy one of the all-encompassing USB-C hubs or just buy individual adapters/dongles for your needs.
It makes every laptop customizable. That's why I like it.
Do you know that Zelenskyy had a sub-28% approval rating from his own population because he threatened to acquire nuclear weapons, threatened to join NATO, join the EU (comes with military connections also, BTW), take back Crimea and the entirety of the Donbas, etc.? His population mostly wanted Austria-style neutrality but he was being strung along by the US because we wanted to turn it into a battering ram against Russia.