Posted by ksec 1/19/2026
I trust there's granular permissions so that Zuckerberg can't scrape contacts
I understand there's corruption, and that annoys me. I wish Apple remained pure. But you still have to do this. Zuck is malicious as hell and we need sandboxes
People think its because Apple are looking after you.
In reality its because it allowed Facebook to target Ads at Apple users. Something Apple fiercly guards the privilage of doing only for itself.
They spun the whole thing to turn it into a Facebook is the bad guy story, when in reality what they did was eliminate a competitor from their platform without any backlash.
Very clever.
Anyone who has used the most ios or macos updates knows Apple has run out of good ideas
The core utility of a search engine is Relevance (finding the best match for user intent). The core utility of an Ad engine is Yield (finding the highest bidder).
When you blur the visual distinction between the two, you aren't just 'optimizing monetization', you are actively degrading the product's primary function.
From a UX perspective, this trains users to develop 'banner blindness' for the entire top half of the viewport. They stop trusting that the first result is the best result. It’s a short-term revenue extraction hack that burns long-term trust in the platform's neutrality.
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