Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ data’ vs Facebook, Google
I had a very brief stint working on mobile ads in 2011, so I have some vague familiarity with the sausage factory and its implications for user privacy on mobile devices, and this is par for the course for Apple. A big part of their marketing strategy is duping people into thinking they&#x27;re pro-user, when they&#x27;re one of the most aggressively anti-user companies I can think of.  What&#x27;s really impressive is how successful the reality distortion field has been in nominally technical fora (HN included, though it&#x27;s gotten much better in the last few years).