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A trillion dollars is hard to make without selling data, but fair enough.
It isn’t that hard when you convince a globe that your luxury phone is the only status symbol that matters.
Apple isn’t perfect, but the premium you pay on their devices does mean that they wrap the data mining bat in some padding first before they beat you over the head with it. Microsoft and Google just keep adding more nails.
Well, I worked for them for quite a while and never saw or heard anything that suggested a large scale data collection program existed beyond the usual analytics that people can opt out of. I’m on a plane, so I don’t have the time to do a deep dig at the moment, but for a quick anecdotal test, I’d say you could just open the menus of a Microsoft computer, Google computer, and Apple computer, and tell me who seems to be shoving more targeted ads down your throat.
Sure, if you use their Apple TV streaming service or other equivalent media thing, I’m sure they collect data, sell, and use it, but that is a far cry from some of the really invasive moves we’ve seen from companies that produce ad supported hardware/software.
The contents of my computer should be mine because I straight up own it. If I’m connecting to a subscription service that I don’t own, then I have a slightly lower expectation of total privacy.
I think you may have misunderstood me. I’m saying that Apple isn’t as bad as Roku, Google, or Microsoft. They collect some data, yes, but it seems to be reasonable by comparison.
I think we might be vigorously agreeing with each other in a circle, lol.
It was a pleasure talking with you, BobaFuttbucker. Thanks for being cool. 🙂
Go to Google and search for "is Apple selling data". Have fun reading about how, yes they have been caught doing it in the past and are still being suspected of it. You're naive if you think just because it isn't public knowledge yet that one of the cruelest companies on the planet isn't in to some other nefarious crap.
I'm not the one going to bat for a trillion dollar company simply because they said "trust me, bro".
Even if you it opt out on Apple devices they continue to gather data. Why do you think they do that? Fun? They just collect it like Pokemon?
There only "feeling" I have is pity for naive users such as yourself. As long as Tim Cook keeps telling you it's safe you can rest easy knowing you're 100% not being lied to.