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So some developers have lodged a complaint and the Justice department have had to follow up on this and investigate. That's where it's at - just having a look and see if there is anything to it.

jeffythequick said:

retrogusto said:

This explains his decision to release a product to “compete” with Apple Watch. Oh, the pain!

Vengeance is a bad motivator for a new product.
Building a better product to serve the customers is a great motivator, and is long term wise.

Which what Facebook/Zuckerberg could /should do with Facebook, if they feel the Apple's privacy changes are going to significantly hurt their business and bottomline, is to revamp the Facebook product.

They should change Facebook in a way to try and make up for that lost revenue.

So either make it advantageous to their members to accept the option that Facebook will track them.  

Or they offer a subscription option where the price they charge for the product (minus tracking) is actually worth it to their members.  

At the moment Facebook is free. Does it have enough value to its members they are willing to pay to use it?  

If they won't then that says something about the product they're offering. 

They actually need a plan to not only address the Apple situation, but any competitor who comes along and challenges their market area by offering a better/more attractive product. 

You know Apple have a big vision for where they want to take their Apple Watch - with health and fitness the major ones to date. Sure Facebook can come into the space and try to add to it.

But are they going to be as heavily invested into the project as Apple is?
Do they have the passion that Apple have for it?  
How would the two roadmaps compare?

Plus Apple have these powerful synergies between their different products (iPhone, iPad, Macs, AirPods, and Watch, that feed off each other and  greatly assist their respective developments.  

Does Facebook have anything like this in-house?

jknash said:

Please don’t do this I don’t want malware and shit on my iPhone if I want that I would get an android... 

You can easily imagine how this could play out if this law is implemented.

A friend/colleague/contact goes and side loads some dodgy app that has malware such that it corrupts that iPhone and uses it to send malware to those in the Contacts list. 

Apple want to control their device so that these type of scenarios are minimised. It's their device. They allow developers to make money from selling through the Apple app store. Apple have created a massive business opportunity for the developer community (and yes for Apple as well). 

This law and similar discussions around the world is going to damage up what is a well managed and thought out system.

A foldable car would make more sense.