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[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why does this require an iCloud+ sub?

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why does this even exist beyond wanting more of peoples data?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

What? You really think such a service/feature is useless?

You know event invites on Facebook was one of its biggest draws early on, right?

[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think Apple is harvesting this data, but I could be wrong

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you don't think they are collecting any user data I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-invites/id6472498645

Doesn't appear that they are collecting anything they don't already have, but again I'm not an expert in privacy and legal lingo

And I'm not in the market for a bridge at this time, thank you though

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Information about upcoming social events is extremely easy to monetize.

They already know the people, you just told them a valuable piece of ad targeting data that can be used against all your guests.