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This is certainly an interesting marketing angle and something that will differentiate Apple from competition. Moreover google guys cannot make this claim as th

This is certainly an interesting marketing angle and something that will differentiate Apple from competition. Moreover google guys cannot make this claim as their entire model is based on selling user data. I hope this brings privacy concerns into the consciousness of larger public. I also don't know if the commitment of Apple is beyond just marketing, will it be able to make the same claim in China? Maybe currently this is just a western thing.

guelo 9y ago
> selling user data More precisely, they sell ad impressions to anonymized targeted audiences. The advertiser doesn't know who you are unless you tell them.
- nocoder 9y ago
  Data anonymization is largely BS, it has been shown in the past that with enough data it is fairly easy to specifically figure out who the person is. This is how people receive highly specific and targeted ads. I know this because I have worked in advertising and it's amazing & creepy that how specific I can get in my targeting. So yes, they in reality make money by selling user data and showing them ads using that. My bigger problem here is that when I buy a mobile device by paying money, why should I have my privacy not respected.