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May 2021
31m 41s

Apple vs. Facebook

The New York Times
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Recently, Apple released a seemingly innocuous software update: a new privacy feature that would explicitly ask iPhone users whether an app should be allowed to track them across other apps and sites. For Facebook, however, this feature is anything but innocuous — it strikes at the heart of the company’s business model. The dispute represents a further de ... Show More
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