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Cook is only making this statement because it's in Apple's business interest to cripple ad-based competitors by convincing policy makers to hobble them with reg

• rubyfan 8y ago
  Does Apple really compete with Facebook and ad platforms? Does Apple even really compete with Google? Isn’t the Android competition mostly not Google, e.g. Samsung?
  • pluma 8y ago
    But non-stock Android still typically uses Google services and these integrations are built into the OS. So whether the Android devices are sold by Google or Samsung doesn't really make much of a difference, Google still gets the data it wants.
• varjag 8y ago
  A neutral observer would never pick sides, that's for sure.
• danaris 8y ago
  While I'm sure that's a consideration, it's incredibly cynical to claim that that's the only reason Cook is saying this. Apple has been extremely firm and open about their commitment to privacy, when they could easily have just gone along with the crowd and harvested data, too. I think it's highly likely that they could have made significantly more money doing that than they do from the people who choose Apple products specifically because of their privacy stance. Cynicism can make you feel really superior, 'cause you can see through all the BS everyone's spouting to the cold dead hearts inside, while all the people around you think that people actually care about anything but money and power. But, see, there are actually people who care about something more. And when you fail to recognize that, you enable those who don't, those who benefit from all the not-caring, just that little bit more.