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The eye opening part was how little data there was and the hoops needed to verify the recipient. This is in comparison to Google and Facebook. Both have order

by sykh 8y ago

The eye opening part was how little data there was and the hoops needed to verify the recipient. This is in comparison to Google and Facebook. Both have orders of magnitude more data and sent the data with, apparently, little verification.

ntsplnkv2 8y ago
It's not really eye opening considering Apple products cost money. Their business does not lie upon selling data to advertisers or other entities.
- sykh 8y ago
  But they could collect data and presumably profit more. If they did collect more data and profited from this data collection would they really lose enough customers to offset this increase in profit? It seems to me they wouldn’t. I think they are taking a moral stance on the issue at least for the time being. This may change in the future. It is surprising though for the company not to lie about this given the shenanigans that many large companies engage in.
lern_too_spel 8y ago
It's eye opening that the author doesn't use iCloud? Why? Almost nobody uses iCloud. Each of its components is worst in class.
- sykh 8y ago
  I use iCloud for storage. It’s worked great for me. I’ve never had a problem with it. It wasn’t eye opening to me that the author doesn’t use iCloud.
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