Comment by frogblast
1 month ago
You can still use the app. You get asked both to have the app get access to the MAID, and get access to location. If this is a problem, it is a problem because you said Yes to both. You could have said No. You can change that choice now.
If you go to Settings -> Privacy, the top two options in iOS 18 are:
* Auto-deny Advertising ID access
* Which apps have location access ("X always, Y while using the app" is summarized right at the top)
I thank goodness I don't use iOS because I enjoy having the ability to use MY phone as if I own it and not Tim Apple
I haven't used android in a while, how is it different?
LineageOS[0] (and/or other non-Google OS)+F-Droid[1] (and/or other third-party app stores) allow you to avoid Google altogether. Which is nothing new.
Is that possible with IOS to avoid Apple? I think not.
[0] https://lineageos.org/
[1] https://f-droid.org/en/
Edit: Clarified my question as to what's possible with IOS.
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It's worse in every way, unless you're using a ROM, in which case it's worse in every way and your applications also refuse to start because Google's Remote Attestation service doesn't like you being free (despite Android technically having a better way to do attestation).
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