Hold on while I click through this tracking link that redirects to another tracking link that takes me to a Gizmodo page filled with trackers so that I can read about the scary tracking Apple is doing…
Ignoring the issues of the source article, the allegations seems mostly OK anyway. Apple is tracking all of my taps in the App Store? I mean they have to load new resources from the server whenever I search for something, tap on an app, tap on a preview, etc. Even without any in-app analytics features at all those are all things that would naturally be logged by the server. The store also needs to know exactly what device I’m running in order to serve the correct apps. I suppose there are some minor things beyond what is a necessary or inherent part of using the app but unless I’m missing something, none of them seem particularly invasive.