Is Apple just trying to regain control over every possible facet of the app store? Banning all third-party analytics from apps sounds huge, so if I am missing something then please enlighten me. I thought the location-based data verbiage was just one example of something not allowed.
This would affect far more than just ad companies, right? I understand that's probably a motivating factor, but wouldn't this incorporate an even larger subset of third party analytics companies (like Flurry / Pinch Media for example)? The purpose of those companies is not the same purpose as the app itself which rules them out. It could depend on the definition of "User Data" and "Device Data" in the agreement, I suppose.
Third party gaming tools would seem to be safe at least.
"User Data" means personal information, user location data, user content (e.g., address book contacts, SMS messages, photos and calendar events) and/or Device Data obtained by You or Your Application from a user of Your Application or from such user's iPhone OS Product.
"Device Data" means data or information regarding the characteristics or usage of a particular device, including but not limited to UDID, crash logs, OS version, carrier name, hardware model, installed applications and application usage data.
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Many third-party gaming tools do collect UDID (or a hash derived from the UDID) since this is the only common identifier available across applications, due to sandboxing.
Interpreted liberally, this affects anything that makes an HTTP request to a third-party, since the application name ('application usage data') and the IP address ('user location data') is in the headers.
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Is Apple just trying to regain control over every possible facet of the app store? Banning all third-party analytics from apps sounds huge, so if I am missing something then please enlighten me. I thought the location-based data verbiage was just one example of something not allowed.
This would affect far more than just ad companies, right? I understand that's probably a motivating factor, but wouldn't this incorporate an even larger subset of third party analytics companies (like Flurry / Pinch Media for example)? The purpose of those companies is not the same purpose as the app itself which rules them out. It could depend on the definition of "User Data" and "Device Data" in the agreement, I suppose.
Third party gaming tools would seem to be safe at least.
"User Data" means personal information, user location data, user content (e.g., address book contacts, SMS messages, photos and calendar events) and/or Device Data obtained by You or Your Application from a user of Your Application or from such user's iPhone OS Product.
"Device Data" means data or information regarding the characteristics or usage of a particular device, including but not limited to UDID, crash logs, OS version, carrier name, hardware model, installed applications and application usage data.
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Many third-party gaming tools do collect UDID (or a hash derived from the UDID) since this is the only common identifier available across applications, due to sandboxing.
Interpreted liberally, this affects anything that makes an HTTP request to a third-party, since the application name ('application usage data') and the IP address ('user location data') is in the headers.