I would get slapped with a restraining order for stalking if I’d do this IRL. But companies successfully convinced themselves that targetted ads are effective, completely ignoring the reality that everybody is just fed up by them. Browsing the web without an adblocker is atrocious and it feels like they are trying to bully you into buying their nonsense.
I think that all started in the 90s when the focus on brand recognition was insane and actually resonated with society for reasons unbeknownst to me. The shit that’s happening now is just the resulting endgame. We 90s kids really fucked up, I’m sorry.
Which is exactly why Reddit went after alternate clients and their mobile website is so crippled. They need to sell that sweet sweet user metadata to advertisers
Then block it? Idk. My android phone doesn’t give any permission until the app explicitly asks it to perform a task, and I can then just say no. The app works just fine.
This is very misleading. I’ve got the app on iOS. It basically has no permission to access any of that data, and I’m pretty sure it has never even requested it - which it has to do if it wants it.
You can literally go in to settings on your iPhone and click those categories and see which apps have requested the info and which you’ve given permission to. LinkedIn hasn’t even requested 95% of those - the only one it has access to on my phone is my photos because I uploaded one once. I can revoke that access at will.
I’m pretty sure when putting the app on the App Store they’ve just gone “tick all the boxes saying we may request access to this” without even looking at it.
Can’t collect as much data on web platform due to all those pesky ad blockers…
But as a mobile app:
I would get slapped with a restraining order for stalking if I’d do this IRL. But companies successfully convinced themselves that targetted ads are effective, completely ignoring the reality that everybody is just fed up by them. Browsing the web without an adblocker is atrocious and it feels like they are trying to bully you into buying their nonsense.
I think that all started in the 90s when the focus on brand recognition was insane and actually resonated with society for reasons unbeknownst to me. The shit that’s happening now is just the resulting endgame. We 90s kids really fucked up, I’m sorry.
Which is exactly why Reddit went after alternate clients and their mobile website is so crippled. They need to sell that sweet sweet user metadata to advertisers
If this kind of data collection in-app happened in the 90s and 00s it would be classified as a malware🤣
Then block it? Idk. My android phone doesn’t give any permission until the app explicitly asks it to perform a task, and I can then just say no. The app works just fine.
Yep, same with iOS. This is blatant fear mongering. On iOS the app has never even requested access to my contacts, as shown here:
https://imgur.com/a/1Sl4dyq
This is very misleading. I’ve got the app on iOS. It basically has no permission to access any of that data, and I’m pretty sure it has never even requested it - which it has to do if it wants it.
You can literally go in to settings on your iPhone and click those categories and see which apps have requested the info and which you’ve given permission to. LinkedIn hasn’t even requested 95% of those - the only one it has access to on my phone is my photos because I uploaded one once. I can revoke that access at will.
I’m pretty sure when putting the app on the App Store they’ve just gone “tick all the boxes saying we may request access to this” without even looking at it.