> The cause is Apple: its approach to cookies makes platform-based web storefronts increasingly difficult to monetize effectively
Can anyone explain this? I'm not sure what they are referring to.
Can anyone explain this? I'm not sure what they are referring to.
Personally, I think this is not such a big deal, as the browser can remember your contact details for you anyway, and you can fill them out on any website. So I think it's a win for privacy and for users, but it's true that there are some downsides as well.
Maybe I don't understand what "monetize a platform-based storefront" means exactly. He's talking about the particular store on shopify making money, not shopify itself getting customers, right?
> its attack on “tracking” — which goes far beyond the IDFA — makes it increasingly impossible to acquire users in one place and convert them in another
Somehow I can't bring myself to feel sympathy for business models affected by this.