The privacy mirage The technology industry was heaved into a convulsion of rumination last week by a blog post published by Google, from… March 8, 2021
Why doesn’t Google have to show the ATT prompt? https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Dxa7pepefLIeWIz8eFYga?si=hYMbgKCUShSk3qVN197xCA In this episode of the MDM Podcast, I unpack a very specific, very important question with my guest, Thomas… February 17, 2021
The profound, unintended consequence of ATT: content fortresses With its ATT privacy policy, Apple is diminishing the ability for advertising to be personalized by limiting the use of… February 15, 2021
Apple privileges its own ad network with ATT. What’s its privacy endgame? Last week, I highlighted on Twitter the fact that Apple published documentation for a new API called the Apple Ads… February 1, 2021
Why does Apple (finally) care about App Store discovery? On November 30th, Josh Elman, a prominent technology executive who had previously worked in venture capital and as the VP… December 2, 2020
Apple and Facebook’s sparring over IDFA helps no one Back in October, a coalition of human rights and privacy advocacy organizations -- including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and… November 23, 2020
Apple’s platform fee reduction is strategically genius This morning, Apple announced that it would roll out a new platform fee scheme beginning on January 1st called the… November 18, 2020
Why is Roblox allowed to stream games on iOS? Since October 1st, Roblox, the cross-platform game development and distribution portal, has achieved the #1 Top Grossing position nine times… November 16, 2020
Navigating the post-platform mobile future This is the third part in my three-part series on the future of mobile platforms. Part 1 is The current… November 9, 2020
The future of mobile content platforms This is the second article in a three-part series. For part one, see: The current war between Apple and Facebook,… November 2, 2020