Apple Is Crippling Instagram for Good

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Apoorva
Mac O’Clock

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Apple’s battle with Facebook over privacy concerns is going on for a while now. The iOS 14 which caused all this ruckus among the two tech giants is gearing up to get a new update. Appropriately named iOS 15 is rumored to get many improvements and privacy enhancements.

Features aside, the future of apps on your iOS devices could very well change for good with iOS 15’s privacy and security improvements. Back in 2020, iOS 14 poised to cripple advertisement agencies such as Facebook, which allow developers to use their SDKs to track and send your data to the tech giants and third-party brokers. Which became a major talking point of that year and still is.

Now it looks like it’s time for Instagram. Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 set to release with iPhone 13 could very well spell doom for Instagram and its parent company. Here’s why.

Instagram’s Lineage

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It’s no secret that Instagram knows more about us than it ever had. We all know that Instagram knows what we like, what we share, who are our friends, and many such things. But it doesn’t stop there.¹…

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Apoorva
Mac O’Clock

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