Apple IOS 17 - short term data slippage, long term upheaval
Summary:
- UTMs, Facebook click IDs, and Google click IDs are going to be stripped from IOS17 links - both iPhone and Mac
- Tracking and reporting solutions relying on link identification text are going to be impacted
- Approaches on tracking and attribution post IOS 17 are given below
- With our deep partnerships with Google and Facebook, we heard about Apple's work on removing link IDs and UTMS (they call it "link decoration") back in Spring 2022.
- It took all 13 years of our experience in tracking & attribution - but Wicked Reports users will still have accurate marketing attribution and optimization

