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===Twitter=== | ===Twitter=== | ||
In August 2021, [[Twitter]] introduced a feature named Super Follows (now Subscriptions), in which users can pay a subscription fee to access more of a creator's content. For each user who enables Subscriptions, Twitter must submit a new in-app purchase SKU to the App Store, which will become available with the next update to the app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@wongmjane |date=2 Sep 2021 |title=Each Super Follow is an In-App Purchase on the App Store, but because there are too many IAPs for the Twitter app, the App Store only shows 10 instead of the full list |url=https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194042/https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025|access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> This, of course, is subject to the 30% fee. At the time of writing in January 2025, viewing the App Store listing reveals Elon Musk's $4.00 subscription as the fourth most popular IAP item. | In August 2021, [[Twitter]] introduced a feature named Super Follows (now Subscriptions), in which users can pay a subscription fee to access more of a creator's content. For each user who enables Subscriptions, Twitter must submit a new in-app purchase SKU to the App Store, which will become available with the next update to the app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@wongmjane |date=2 Sep 2021 |title=Each Super Follow is an In-App Purchase on the App Store, but because there are too many IAPs for the Twitter app, the App Store only shows 10 instead of the full list |url=https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194042/https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025|access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> This, of course, is subject to the 30% fee. At the time of writing in January 2025, viewing the App Store listing reveals Elon Musk's $4.00 subscription as the fourth most popular IAP item. | ||
== Data Collection == | |||
Apple added a new discovery feature in the App Store coming with iOS 27 that would allow users to see personalised results based on their activity<ref>{{Cite news |last=Charlton |first=Harley |date=June 15, 2026 |title=Apple Adds Personalized Recommendations and New Marketing Tools to the App Store |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/15/app-store-gains-personalized-recommendations/ |url-status=live |work=[[MacRumours]]}}</ref>, A group of security researchers known as Mysk say that Apple logs "every tap" in the App Store that a user inputs in order to put together the recommendations<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://x.com/mysk_co/status/2064401062224879888?s=20}}</ref> | |||
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