Thread by @AnthPB

"Apple CEO Tim Cook links Facebook's business model to real-world violence"

...yeah like Uighurs concentration camps – wouldn't want that 🤥

cnbc.com/2021/01/28/app…

... this dood has revealed himself to be a rare turd:

https://twitter.com/Wallfacer_LuoJi/status/1355580198998126597?s=19

... a massive turd:

"a naively optimistic perception
fueled by a false narrative (vs an inevitably flawed reality) is the more dangerous of the two... a la Tim Cook and Apple"

https://twitter.com/AnthPB/status/1350852425352159234?s=19

... whocouldanode:

Apple's proprietary IDFA successor, SKAdNetwork, gets privileged App Install Ads access after kneecapping the 3rd party marketplace – another in a series of Strategy Credits-cum-Taxes by Tim Cook, et al

$aapl #principalagentproblem

https://twitter.com/AnthPB/status/1299175229911183360?s=20

... another whocoulanode:

Chinese apps banding together to amass a first part fingerprinting trove as an end-around Apple's geographically-constrained ATT initiative

$aapl #IDFA #regulatoryarbitrage

https://twitter.com/eric_seufert/status/1371846124055715847?s=19

... Twitter's shifting revenue mix (increasing targeted direct response ads and deemphasizing brand ads) is another interesting narrative violation in Apple's IDFA push

... I'd say it's an unintended consequence of ATT, but we told you so

medium.com/adventures-in-… $twtr $aapl #DR

... huge turd, Tim Apple:

Immediately after IDFA/ATT rollout, $aapl launches new App Store ad units in the "Search Tab" – preceding SERP 💩

https://twitter.com/GavinSBaker/status/1390011802352820227?s=19

... @benthompson read the fine print on another $aapl lie/hypocrisy/obfuscation, a la its Illinois Brick paradox:

"Apple is absolutely collecting specific demographic data...and using it to target you with ads" stratechery.com/2021/apple-ads… #ATT #privacy #IDFA

https://twitter.com/AnthPB/status/1389255400898322442?s=20

... Apple's new Hide My Email and Mail Privacy features are more shots across digital advertising's bow:

"could take control of ID and most deterministic [targeting... taking them] away from social media [giving them] to iOS and Android"

$aapl #IDFA #ATT

https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1402250354687893507?s=19

... Apple drinks your milkshake:

"attribution post [ATT/IDFA] dual-sided consent has gone up by 27% for Apple Search Ads and down 93% for all other networks”

$aapl

https://twitter.com/GavinSBaker/status/1410973592007946242?s=19

... well-said by @benthompson:

"[advertising] limitations of the analog world were not due to some sort of societal consensus, but to the limits of technology... tracking isn’t going anywhere... the question at play is who gets to do it"

stratechery.com/2021/philosoph… $aapl #IDFA #ATT

... continued:

"Apple, meanwhile, just drops bombs... Google Chrome has operated in the open... Apple decided to just blow up everything first... But somehow GOOGLE is the one that’s accused of not being open and transparent... Apple just get a pass"

https://twitter.com/BenSava78155446/status/1413411126105329672