Facebook sued for skirting Apple privacy rules to snoop on users
Yes, I understand why Apple doesn't pull FB/IG/WA/Uber/etc but as a smaller developer it's incredibly frustrating to have the full rules applied to me but not the big players.A week or two ago I had to fight with app review over some functionality that was behind a login screen (they thought it should be public, I disagreed) and for my pre-permission-request screens (you know, the screen almost every app shows before firing the system prompt). Turns out you can have that screen but you can't ask a question on that screen or offer a way to dismiss and not get the system dialog. That was news to me since I had seen countless "Do you want to enable push notifications (yes|no)?" screens in top apps but that rule has changed and no longer allows you to pre-ask. I complied but the very next day I opened an app from a billion dollar company and I got a pre-ask that I was able to dismiss without popping the system dialog. wtf...Why am I expected to bend over backwards for app review when these serial abusers get a free pass (no ban AND they can do things smaller apps get slapped down for)?I know the answer is "money" but I fucking hate it.