Apple vs. Facebook is Kayfabe

· Alex Russell · Aug. 25, 2025, 10:33 p.m.
Summary
The blog post critiques the apparent hypocrisy in Apple's privacy initiatives concerning Facebook, revealing that Apple's tools indirectly facilitate Facebook's extensive tracking practices. It argues that Apple's failure to restrict Facebook's In-App Browsers (IAB) allows for ongoing surveillance of users, undermining advertised privacy protections. The author emphasizes that both Apple and Facebook benefit from maintaining users within their ecosystems, consequently restricting browser choice and privacy settings, and suggests that real change would require legislative action rather than corporate self-regulation.
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