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Comment by cheriot

I'm game for throwing rocks at Apple and Google, but I don't get this one.

> consumer apps embed ad SDKs → those SDKs feed location signals into RTB ad exchanges → surveillance-oriented firms sit in the RTB pipeline and harvest bid request data even without winning auctions

Would you ban ad supported apps? Assuming the comment you're responding to is realistic, I'm not sure how the OS is to blame.

parent cheriot 7 months ago

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