SOMEONE SHOULD TELL MR. BETO
THAT.
>>> NOW THIS, A REPORT FROM
"NEW YORK TIMES," APPLE REMOVED
OR RESTRICTED A NUMBER OF SCREEN
TIME APPS.
KRISTINA PARTSINEVELOS JOINS US
NOW.
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> IF YOUR PHONE, IF YOU'RE ON
IT TOO MUCH APPLE CAN TRACK
SCREEN TIME.
HOW MANY TIMES YOU CHECK
TWITTER.
ASHLEY: YEAH, YEAH.
>> APPLE GOT INTO THE GAME IN
SEPTEMBER.
A LOT OF APPEARS ARE COMPLAINING
ABOUT BECAUSE THEY ARE PUSHED
UNDER THE RUG OR APP STORE,
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE
UNFAIRLY TARGETED.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR BUSINESS
COULD POTENTIALLY HURT APPLE,
WHY APPLE IS THROWING THEM UNDER
THE RUG OR REMOVE BEING THEM
ACCORDING TO "NEW YORK TIMES."
11 OUT OF 17 MOST POPULAR
PARENTAL CONTROL APPS ON APP
STORE HAVE BEEN REMOVED OR
RESTRICTED THIS IS A QUOTE FROM
TIM COOK.
HE WAS AT AN "TIME" EVENT.
LISTEN TO THESE WORDS.
AMAZING.
APPLE NEVER WANTED TO MAXIMIZE
USER TIME.
WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE NOT MOTIVATED TO DO THAT
FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW.
WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT VOTED ABOUT
A VALUES POINT OF VIEW.
MAYBE YOU CAN THINK HYPOCRISY
ABOUT THIS STATEMENT FROM
TIM COOK.
WE REACHED OUT.
THEY PUT OUT A HUGE PRESS
RELEASE IN REGARD TO
"NEW YORK TIMES" ARTICLE.
THEY SAID APPLE ALWAYS SUPPORTED
THIRD PARTY APPS THAT HELP KIDS
MANAGE THEIR KIDS DEVICES.
CONTRARY TO WHAT NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND THIS
IS ISN'T A MATTER OF
COMPETITION.
IT'S A MATTER SECURITY.
ACCORDING THIS THESE APPS ARE
GETTING TOO MUCH OF YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
THEY'RE PROTECTING US AS A
WHOLE, IN SOCIETY.
FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WITH
APPLE, SPOTIFY TOO.
ASHLEY: INTERESTING.
WE HAVE THE ISSUE.
BRING IN BRET LARSON.
MORNING ANCHOR ON FOX NEWS
HEADLINES ON SIRIUS XM.
YOU HEARD KRISTINA.
IS THIS A BIG DEAL?
>> NO.
THIS SENDS TO HAPPEN WITH APPLE
A LOT.
WE SEEN IT LITERALLY OVER THE
PAST 20 PLUS YEARS.
APPLE HAS THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY
OF DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE STUCK
AROUND WITH THEM THROUGH THICK
AND THIN.
THEY HAVE THESE VERY, I DON'T
WANT TO USE THE WORD RABID, I
DON'T WANT TO GET THE HATE
TWEETS FOR IT.
BUT THEY HAVE A VERY DEVOTED FAN
BASE, APPLE, PEOPLE WILL
LITERALLY LINE UP AT MIDNIGHT TO
BUY THE NEWEST PRODUCTS BUT WHAT
TEND TO HAPPEN AS TECHNOLOGY
ADVANCES A LOT OF APPLICATIONS
FREEWARE, SHAREWARE, PREMIUM
APPLICATIONS INEVITABLY GET
ROLLED INTO THE OPERATING SYSTEM
OR GET PART OF ANOTHER FEATURE,
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LIKE THE
$1000 YOU WILL PAY FOR ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP.
A LOT OF WHAT ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
CAN DO YOU CAN DO IN CHEAPER
APPS.
THROW AN INSTAGRAM FILTER ON.
I THINK THE APPS HAVE A LEG TO
STAND ON ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE
BEING YANKED OFF THE APP STORE.
THAT HAS MONOPOLY WRITTEN ALL
OVER IT.
I HEAR THEIR CONCERN, WELL AT
THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING APPLE ROLLED INTO THE
OPERATING SYSTEM.
ASHLEY: JUST A FACT OF LIFE,
SORRY.
>> I GET WHAT APPLE IS SAYING,
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPS
ON CHILDREN'S PHONES AND DEVICES
WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
YOU HAVE AD TARGETING SOFTWARE
ON THEM.
MOST PARENTS PROBABLY ARE NOT
SETTING THEIR PHONES UP FOR
THEIR KIDS TO BE THEIR CHILD'S
DEVICE.
PROBABLY THEIR DEVICE.
SO THE ADS THEY WILL SEE ARE FOR
THEIR PARENTS, NOT NECESSARILY
THEM.
PARENTS START SEEING COMMERCIALS
FOR ELMO AND "SESAME STREET"
WHICH IS FUN.
I THINK, I HEAR BOTH SIDES OF
THIS AND I THINK --
ASHLEY: APPLE DOESN'T WANT
ANYONE ELSE TELLING YOU HOW MUCH
TIME YOU'RE SPENDING ON YOUR
SCREENS, LET US DO THAT,
SQUASHING THE COMPETITION, TO
YOUR POINT A MONOPOLY.
>> I DON'T THINK APPLE IS DOING
IT ON PURPOSE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE KILLING
DEVELOPERS.
LISTEN WE ROLLED THIS INTO OUR
OPERATING SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT AD TARGETING THE WAY
WE'RE DOING IT THIS IS CONCERN
FOR PARENTS.