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Googlers are generally very idealistic and decent people - yet they still created an enormous surveillance machine instead of doing what's best for their users.
by aoeusnth1 9y ago
Googlers are generally very idealistic and decent people - yet they still created an enormous surveillance machine instead of doing what's best for their users.
Why is Apple different? I think market forces are definitely a big factor. It's easy to work backwards from the what to the why, and applaud yourself for doing something good that just happens to be in your best interest anyway.
That doesn't make Apple any less of a force for good - but I think that's more of an accident than inevitable (Apple happens not to be invested in advertising, unlike the other big 4).
- bigbugbag 9y agoThe simple reason Apple is somewhat different is because unlike the other they sell hardware. That's about it. Other than that they have the same tax evasion scheme (didn't they actually ben innovators here), they have the same exploiting manufacturing process at the other side of the world. Yup Apple is really not that different.
- natch 9y agoThe product is different. It’s been said before but with Google, you are the product. Not so with Apple. The difference is huge and significant.