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Giving users the permissions would simply be a training exercise in "I have to say 'yes' or TikTok breaks". Like how Android worked a few years ago with the other permissions.

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Android largely works now with these permission prompts, though. TikTok asks you for a million permissions too, and many average end users decline. Many people also opt out of tracking on Facebook et al. when iOS prompts them about it.

If you don’t present the tracking prompt exactly how Apple wants you to they boot you from the store. The same is not true for a website.

> and many average end users decline

[citation needed]

Really? How much more of a citation do you need than Facebook admitted during their quarterly financials the effect that iOS users opting out had?

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/02/facebook-says-apple-ios-priv...

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