EPISODE · Jul 21, 2020 · 9 MIN
How Apple’s recent privacy decision threatens billions in Facebook revenue
from TechFirst with John Koetsier · host John Koetsier
Facebook is one of the two most dominant companies in an $80 billion industry that impacts hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in consumer spend. But a huge percentage of that revenue is now at risk, thanks to an obscure privacy move by Apple at the company’s World Wide Developer Conference in June. The move? Deprecating a mobile device identifier called the IDFA. That threatens billion in Facebook revenue. And Google could be next ...
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Facebook is one of the two most dominant companies in an $80 billion industry that impacts hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in consumer spend. But a huge percentage of that revenue is now at risk, thanks to an obscure privacy move by Apple at the company’s World Wide Developer Conference in June. The move? Deprecating a mobile device identifier called the IDFA. That threatens billion in Facebook revenue. And Google could be next ...
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