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On February 22, local time, Google reportedly updated Gmail’s iOS app for the first time in a few months, added a home screen widget, and started posting privacy ingredient views on the App Store.
Is mandatory privacy labeling the cause of update delays?
AppleInsider’s view is that the reason why Gmail, which is said to be the most important iOS application developed by Google, has not been updated for about 3 months is that Apple’s newly introduced privacy label is obligatory. ..
Apple’s new privacy feature, App Tracking Transparency, is a new version of iOS14, iPadOS14, and tvOS14 that requires user permission for apps and websites to track users.
Looking at the privacy component display that was actually added after updating the iOS app of Gmail, it is described as follows.
Privacy labels are pros and cons
There has been a great deal of opposition from tech companies, such as Facebook, whose main source of revenue is user data, regarding the mandatory privacy label introduced by Apple.
Some have whispered that Apple may be using the app’s tracking declaration to reduce the advertising power of third-party companies and make it the leading advertising supplier for the iOS platform. It has also been pointed out that the posting of privacy labels should be obligatory.
Source: Apple via AppleInsider
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Source: iPhone Mania