What can be done when an app continually asks to allow tracking for advertising purposes even after answering no … besides obviously deleting the app? Words with Friends repeatedly (~1 week) asks the question hoping to annoy you into finally accepting. This seems like an obvious way for developers to try and get around the requirement, so how is Apple going to deal with this?
Hi LandOfToz,
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. From our understanding, even after choosing the option " Ask app not to track" you are getting a pop up asking to track when you launch the Words with Friends app, is that right? Does this happen with any other app? Which iOS is running on your iPhone? Please update to the current version, which is iOS 15.0.2, if you haven't done so already. Then, check to see if there is an update for the Words with Friends app.
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
How to manually update apps on your Apple device
You can turn off these prompts by going to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and turning off "Allow Apps to Request to Track." Doing this will stop the prompts and treat each app as if you chose "Ask App not to track".
Check out: If an app asks to track your activity
Hope that helps!
Hi LandOfToz,
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. From our understanding, even after choosing the option " Ask app not to track" you are getting a pop up asking to track when you launch the Words with Friends app, is that right? Does this happen with any other app? Which iOS is running on your iPhone? Please update to the current version, which is iOS 15.0.2, if you haven't done so already. Then, check to see if there is an update for the Words with Friends app.
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
How to manually update apps on your Apple device
You can turn off these prompts by going to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and turning off "Allow Apps to Request to Track." Doing this will stop the prompts and treat each app as if you chose "Ask App not to track".
Check out: If an app asks to track your activity
Hope that helps!
That is correct. The app is periodically asking the same question after I answer no in hopes of annoying it’s users until they finally relent and answer yes. The question is how does Apple safeguard against developers abusing this by just repeatedly asking it every time someone runs the application?
While I understand I can turn that setting off, this would then turn it off for all applications, which is not what I want. There are certain applications that I want the ability to track (e.g. location services). The Words with Friends app setting is turned off.
Apps Asking Not to Track
