Apple delays controversial new privacy feature in iOS 14 to 2021

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  • iOS 14 requires apps to ask for your permission to collect your data and track you, but this week, Apple announced that it wouldn't enforce this feature until 2021.
  • App developers and publishers say that the privacy feature will significantly cut into their revenue, so Apple delayed the enforcement of the feature to give them more time to prepare.
  • iOS 14 is expected to launch this fall around the same time as the iPhone 12.

When Apple revealed iOS 14 at WWDC 2020, most of us focused on the new features and the changes to the home screen, with widgets finally making their debut and an App Library that makes it much easier to search through all the software you have installed on your phone. In the meantime, the rest of the industry was far more concerned about a privacy feature that would require apps to ask users for permission to track them or access their advertising identifier. After an uproar from Facebook and others, Apple has delayed its enforcement of this new policy.

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Apple delays controversial new privacy feature in iOS 14 to 2021 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 18:03:02 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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