The Facebook funded an investigation into Apple's new app transparency improvements in iOS 14, which it claims are solely for Apple's benefit.
SSRN, the company who conducted the survey, thanked Facebook for helping to fund the survey and states that the opinions expressed in the survey are solely her own (sic!).
Σύμφωνα με την έρευνα, η ενημέρωση του iOS 14 της Apple είναι μια αντιανταγωνιστική προσέγγιση που πλασάρεται σαν μέτρο προστασίας της ιδιωτικής ζωής. Η Apple απαγορεύει πλέον σε εφαρμογές που δεν ανήκουν στην Apple να χρησιμοποιούν κάθε πληροφορίες που απαιτούνται για την παροχή σχετικών, προσαρμοσμένων διαφημίσεων χωρίς την ρητή συγκατάθεση του χρήστη. Και οι χρήστες μπορούν να επιλέξουν να συμμετάσχουν μόνο αφού δουν μια τρομακτική και παραπλανητική ειδοποίηση σχετικά με την monitoring. SSRN also lists apps and services Apple does not display alerts because device owners have already authorized monitoring by Apple.
The investigation is a huge indictment of Apple's iOS 14 updates, and an extensive condemnation of the company's policy. In addition to a short footnote on the first page that states:
“Huber C. Hurst Eminent Scholar Chair in Law and Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law and Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration, HBS. We gratefully acknowledge her support of Facebook, Inc. in funding this research. The opinions expressed here are exclusively ours."
Facebook, of course, agrees and criticizes Apple's policy, claiming it affects small businesses and advertising revenue, according to the survey. According to research that posted by iMore in April, only 2% of iOS users intend to allow apps to monitor them now that the new feature is available, suggesting that the vast majority of users would prefer to have more control over their privacy.