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Apple is warning their nearly two billion iPhone users to immediately delete another tech giant’s app, claiming that your digital privacy is in grave danger.
Without mentioning the company’s name, Apple appeared to tell its users to dump Google’s Chrome internet browser in a video posted on YouTube.
The veiled shot is gaining renewed attention after Google announced on Tuesday that they are backtracking on a promise to remove third-party tracking cookies from Chrome.
These cookies let websites and advertisers track Chrome users’ online activity in order to show them personalized ads – and also creates a multi-billion-dollar revenue stream for Google.
Google previously planned to replace cookies with a new system, giving Chrome users a one-click ‘don’t track me’ option, but those plans fell apart due to widespread fear from the online advertising industry that any replacement would leave less room for online ad rivals.
While tracking …