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surprise surprise. apple also is an advertising company. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223
by gcb0 10y ago
surprise surprise. apple also is an advertising company.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223
- hprotagonist 10y agoLimit Ad Tracking: enabled.
- gcb0 10y agoGoogle has the same option. good luck with that.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoApple has an advertising service, yes. But Apple's revenue primarily comes from hardware. Apple is ergo, a "hardware company" that has additional services. Whereas over 90% of Google's revenue comes from ads, Google is an "advertising company" that also sometimes makes software. (Microsoft, by this definition, is a "software company".) This is key because companies are going to make decisions based on what keeps them in business. Apple would place it's hardware sales over it's ad business in a heartbeat, whereas Google would abandon Android before it would give up on ads, because that's it's entire business. My hope is that companies that don't place advertising as a core part of their business can be convinced that there is a market in privacy-oriented products, and that competing on advertising isn't worth it.
- gcb0 10y agothe executive driving ad revenue has the same problems and opportunities as the people driving ad revenue at Google or Facebook. convince yourself all you want of your fantasy, in the end each business unit has their own rules. and jobs is not the anymore.