iOS 14 tracking changes sees big ad spending drop, tumbling prices
For uninteresting reasons, I had to wipe settings on my iPhone this weekend, which meant re-approving everything, including the do not track setting mentioned here. When 14.5 came out, I updated faster than apps like Instagram could, so I missed their "please approve" screens that I got to see now. It's not strange to see an app explain why it is about to prompt for permission to do something, but posing for better personalization in the ads I'm going to see anyway really didn't land with me. I fully admit that I was never going to approve this setting, but I still find it surprising that they think I would be happier with more specific ads. Does that work for some folks? I guess I can understand that if I have to see ads at all, may as well make them personalized, but I'd still rather not see ads, to the point of blocking them when possible.