四月的時候，華爾街日報報導，微軟與 Discord 的收購談判已暫停，Discord 考慮自己公開募股。微軟想要收購 Discord 看起來誠意十足，那 Discord 為什麼最後卻拒絕了微軟和其他潛在買家的收購邀約呢？

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No headline quite lights up the Gaming Internet like "Microsoft in Talks to Buy...", but as in all such cases, there's quite a bit more to it than that.

Is Discord for sale?  Why are so many of the sources covered by Bloomberg and VentureBeat/GamesBeat conflicting?  And just why would Big Green want a bite of this one?

Let's dive in.

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"Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord for More Than $10 Billion"
Bloomberg - Updated March 23, 2021
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/microsoft-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-discord-for-more-than-10b

"Pressing Pause on Microsoft/WB Games Rumors (VL259)"
YouTube Video - June 6, 2020 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/MrgotWNvLhs

"Microsoft Expresses Interest in Acquiring Warner Game Unit"
Jessica Toonkel - July 6, 2020 - The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-expresses-interest-in-acquiring-warner-game-unit

"Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion"
VentureBeat/GamesBeat - March 22, 2021
https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/22/discord-exploring-sale-that-could-be-worth-more-than-10-billion/

"Fallout 4 Fallout for Microsoft + Bethesda? (VL422)"
YouTube Video - February 24, 2021 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/qg0S6Hi6jzM

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微軟 X Discord (下) - 抱歉，你是個好人！

上一篇稍微介紹了一下 Discord 為什麼是個萬人迷。如此迷人的 Discord，當然不只有微軟想追，傳聞 Epic Games、亞馬遜等巨頭都曾經有傳出追求的風聲。不過顯然其他人都追求失敗了。不過究竟，微軟為什麼想收購 Discord 呢？

微軟 X Discord (中) - 為什麼微軟想追 Discord？

今年三月的時候，GamesBeat 報導，微軟出價 100 億美金 (3000 億台幣) 想要收購 Discord。不過四月的時候，華爾街日報再度報導，追求者眾的 Discord 拒絕了微軟的收購，要自立自強，考慮上市啦！這中間是經歷了甚麼愛恨糾葛呢？

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蘋果即將推出新的隱私權政策。為了保護用戶的個資，所有 iOS 設備的 IDFA 都會被預設關閉，Fingerprinting 則會被停用。中國仗著自己市場大、後台硬，開發出新的用戶追蹤方案 CAID，準備要跟蘋果明著對幹。蘋果有辦法挺直腰桿堅持保護用戶的隱私權嗎？還是會睜一隻眼，閉一隻眼呢？

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中國不甩蘋果的隱私政策，就是要用 CAID 把你看光光

新版的 iOS 14.5 上線後，用戶的隱私權政策將會有大更動。原本大家追蹤得很開心的歸因工具 IDFA 即將被默認關閉，用戶行為追蹤方案被 SKAdNetwork 所取代。蘋果關於 SKAdNetwork 的解說資料又臭又長又複雜，所有人都霧裡看花，這鬼玩意兒到底在幹嘛？

Fingerprinting is not OK in iOS 14 under most circumstances, and it is covered by Apple’s ATT (attribution tracking transparency) pop-up, just like any other methodology of tracking or measuring devices or people.

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