Not surprisingly, developers of the most abusive apps arent happy.
Privacy-focused indie developers, on the other hand, love it.
Some developers, though, see it as a way to finally show off their ethical privacy policies.
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They’re great,iOS app developer Simeon SaenstoldLifewirevia direct message.
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To comply with the new rules, developers must complete a short but comprehensive questionnaire.
The deadline for these submissions was December 8.
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Unlike Saens and other developers we spoke to, some developers arent happy.
WhatsApp, Facebooks messaging app, complained about the new rules in ablog post.
Its almost as if Facebooks entire business is built on collecting as much information about its users as possible.
We always had this in our privacy policy, but now we get a badge for it.
Apps collect and sell all kinds of data about their users.
Last year, the city of Los Angelessued The Weather Channelfor harvesting location data from its weather app.
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Developers who dont steal your private data are very happy about this.
All the developers we contacted were in favor.
Berlin-based developer Alexey Chernikov called the requirement good, because its one of our unique selling pointsabsolute privacy.
Software engineer Saurabh Garglikes the change, but thinks that Apple should go further.
Apple wont be exempt from its own rules, either.
It willdisplay privacy labels for its own apps.
Compliance with these rules is mandatory, but one wonders how effective they will be.
Lets hope its more than that.
