45Doll 5,881 Posted February 3, 2022 So how many billions did Zuck the Government Cuck lose today? Breaking: Facebook Stock Plunges After Closing -- Far Left Tech Giant Loses One Million US and Canadian Users in One Quarter! (thegatewaypundit.com) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMJeepster 2,780 Posted February 3, 2022 12 hours ago, 45Doll said: So how many billions did Zuck the Government Cuck lose today? Breaking: Facebook Stock Plunges After Closing -- Far Left Tech Giant Loses One Million US and Canadian Users in One Quarter! (thegatewaypundit.com) Not enough for me to celebrate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,306 Posted February 3, 2022 A big contributor to Facebook's losses was a little change Apple made to their iPhone operating system last year. Now, when you launch an app for the first time, you see a dialog box like the one below, for Facebook (the image is copied from MacWorld, as i'm not on Facebook). Anyway, making it so easy to opt out of allowing Facebook to track your activity across all other apps and websites is apparently costing Facebook about $10 Billion a year in lost revenue. For many users, I'd imagine seeing that pop-up was the first inkling they had that Facebook was tracking their activity across all other apps and websites. Users blocking tracking on iPhones costing Facebook $10 billion a year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUTGERS95 890 Posted February 4, 2022 20 hours ago, 10X said: A big contributor to Facebook's losses was a little change Apple made to their iPhone operating system last year. Now, when you launch an app for the first time, you see a dialog box like the one below, for Facebook (the image is copied from MacWorld, as i'm not on Facebook). Anyway, making it so easy to opt out of allowing Facebook to track your activity across all other apps and websites is apparently costing Facebook about $10 Billion a year in lost revenue. For many users, I'd imagine seeing that pop-up was the first inkling they had that Facebook was tracking their activity across all other apps and websites. Users blocking tracking on iPhones costing Facebook $10 billion a year wish my samsung had this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
15636215 454 Posted February 4, 2022 Oil hit over 92 for a barrel. high point of 7 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malice4you 627 Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, RUTGERS95 said: wish my samsung had this Almost every app has permissions you can give or revoke and has been a thing for years on androids. Might not have been notifications in the past, but I get notifications if an app updates and wants new permissions. Settings > Apps, or simply long press the icon and go to App Info Look for permissions. Some apps may require things, and won't work without them. Sometimes with good reason, sometimes cause they just wanna mine data. A flashlight has no reason to need location, contacts, and microphone. Waze kinda needs GPS to work... And very few non-critical apps need notifications IMO. I have always gone through the phone the first days i have it, uninstalling as much as I can that I will never use, as well as both customizing it and locking it down as much as I can without rooting. Also, change things like an always on screen and other stupid settings designed to drain the battery. The number of people who don't take the time to do this always amazes me, despite hearing constantly how they talked to someone in person about X, and facebook immediately starts showing ads for X, or their constant need to be at an outlet. It takes an hour, maybe 2-3 if you have to look up a lot of settings online, for a device you probably will use countless hours over years. If you add a new app, make sure to check/restrict it too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUTGERS95 890 Posted February 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Malice4you said: Almost every app has permissions you can give or revoke and has been a thing for years on androids. Might not have been notifications in the past, but I get notifications if an app updates and wants new permissions. Settings > Apps, or simply long press the icon and go to App Info Look for permissions. Some apps may require things, and won't work without them. Sometimes with good reason, sometimes cause they just wanna mine data. A flashlight has no reason to need location, contacts, and microphone. Waze kinda needs GPS to work... And very few non-critical apps need notifications IMO. I have always gone through the phone the first days i have it, uninstalling as much as I can that I will never use, as well as both customizing it and locking it down as much as I can without rooting. Also, change things like an always on screen and other stupid settings designed to drain the battery. The number of people who don't take the time to do this always amazes me, despite hearing constantly how they talked to someone in person about X, and facebook immediately starts showing ads for X, or their constant need to be at an outlet. It takes an hour, maybe 2-3 if you have to look up a lot of settings online, for a device you probably will use countless hours over years. If you add a new app, make sure to check/restrict it too. just did this, thanks! agree on the rest, I never allow them however, I was unaware you could do this for fb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites