The way FaceBook cynically rolls out the 'this will hurt small businesses' violin is extremely cynical especially when all that will happen is Apple will make it Opt-In rather than Opt-Out.<p>Much like some users disable ad-blockers for trusted sites they want to contribute something to if it does hurt small businesses more than it hurts the ad-brokers then I should imagine people will find a way of helping out the small local companies although I highly doubt small businesses will be as badly impacted as the global players will be - so I’m in favor of the change and good for Apple doing it - whatever their reasons and motivations.
I'm surprised by the gaul of FB to write this on behalf of small businesses. I'm fine with their position as a business, but to frame users claiming more privacy seems like it won't carry water with anyone.
<a href="https://facebook.com/privacy/explanation" rel="nofollow">https://facebook.com/privacy/explanation</a>:<p><i>“When you share and communicate using our Products, you choose the audience for what you share.<p>[…]<p>You should consider who you choose to share with<p>[…]<p>When you choose to use third-party apps, websites, or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Products, they can receive information about what you post or share”</i><p>So, what do they object to?
These dishonest privacy @#$@#$ did the same thing when they were trying to take over the Internet in India under the guise of Internet.org<p>They sent millions of 'complaints from users' which turned out to be all the exact same template<p><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><p>They are a special kind of scum
Looks like the hoards of small businesses didn’t see the ad. All the posts tagged with #SpeakUpForSmall, I found, were written by FB, unrelated, or showing support Apple.
Apple just wants a deal to be made with Facebook for $X Billion to keep that feature enabled. Just like Apple deal with Google to just keep Google as default search engine in its OS.