[Question]: How do I disable IDFA

[cainaleaouk]

Hi there,

as the title says, I'd like to disable IDFA collection since our app cannot use it. Is there a way to do something similar to this?
https://developers.amplitude.com/docs/disabling-automatic-tracking-of-properties#disabling-tracking-on-ios

Cheers.

[SudoPlz]

Not currently, but you're super welcome to open a PR that adds that functionality.
It should be fairly easy.

[ilyakar]

Same. We have a kid's app and all references to IDFA-related stuff have to be gone.

A much better behaviour would be to use IDFA only if AdSupport.framework is in the project, if not then it should not.

Any update on this?

[Alex123456780]

Amplitude uses IDFV by default and not IDFA. See FAQ here.

[ilyakar]

Not true. Apple rejections happen due to IDFA reasons. I turned to the JS SDK instead to avoid this problem.

[Alex123456780]

@ilyakar you can try to ask Amplitude's technical support about your problem (e.g. "i don't activate IDFA usage, your SDK disables IDFA by default, but Apple rejects my app anyway").

[ilyakar]

I just switched to the Amplitude JS sdk and all is fine for me :) It seems this SDK is referencing to the AdvertisingIdentifier, if not including the AdSupport.framework, and that’s causing problems for people with kids apps. Kind regards, Ilya <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/82780f1c-2fac-497b-abb1-6a29598e9bda/e24f1f68-3277-444e-a5ba-110cb8ba7558> Product Manager www.ilya.link <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/82780f1c-2fac-497b-abb1-6a29598e9bda/ef008d39-8597-4703-a6fe-b59daea34cc2> | LinkedIn <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/82780f1c-2fac-497b-abb1-6a29598e9bda/e24f1f68-3277-444e-a5ba-110cb8ba7558> | Twitter <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/82780f1c-2fac-497b-abb1-6a29598e9bda/31a3d654-7068-409c-b816-e09cf972ebcb>

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On 7 Nov 2020, at 15:47, Alexandr ***@***.***> wrote: @ilyakar <https://github.com/ilyakar> you can try to ask Amplitude's technical support about your problem (e.g. "i don't activate IDFA usage, your SDK disables IDFA by default <https://help.amplitude.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047228311#does-amplitude-accept-idfa-identifier-for-advertisers-as-the-dev>, but Apple rejects my app anyway"). — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#57 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AANN3RIDYSUFUKNO6K22UDLSOVT2ZANCNFSM4O6DU6HQ>.