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Leading Indian startups are supposedly forming an alliance to launch their own App Store for fighting the duopoly[1]. IMO, There was already an open, accessibl

Leading Indian startups are supposedly forming an alliance to launch their own App Store for fighting the duopoly[1]. IMO, There was already an open, accessible, free app store called - 'Internet Browser' upon which Internet was built. These companies undermined it in collusion with the duopolies to hoard more data from their customers and are now crying wolf. So, the answer they are proposing now is creating a monopoly to fight the duopoly? [1] https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/30/indian-startups-explore-forming-an-alliance-and-alternative-app-store-to-fight-googles-monopoly/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/30/indian-startups-explore-fo...

stouset 6y ago
You can certainly accuse Google of hoarding its customers’ data, but I think you’ll have a hard time levying that same accusation at Apple. Not that Apple has zero data on their customers, but the difference in quantity (and intrusiveness) is likely off by a factor of thousands.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
  Both platforms provided necessary instruments to hoard personal data such as - location (GPS/cellular triangulation), Microphone, Cameras etc. There was absolutely no difference in what instruments they provided to gain data until recently.
- newen 6y ago
  Apple’s argument for privacy is that they don’t give away their user’s data to outside parties. Friend who used to work at Apple told me they store lots of user data and do the typical intrusive data analysis on the data. They just don’t give it to third parties.
  - millstone 6y ago
    No, Apple's argument for privacy is that they don't collect the data, period. For example Apple Maps has no sign in, does not retain your searches, and uses E2E encryption for syncing. Very different than GMaps.
    - perryizgr8 6y ago
      All of that makes it distinctly inferior to Google maps, which is why I'm not sure if any of these approaches is better in absolute terms.

stouset 6y ago

You can certainly accuse Google of hoarding its customers’ data, but I think you’ll have a hard time levying that same accusation at Apple. Not that Apple has zero data on their customers, but the difference in quantity (and intrusiveness) is likely off by a factor of thousands.

Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
Both platforms provided necessary instruments to hoard personal data such as - location (GPS/cellular triangulation), Microphone, Cameras etc. There was absolutely no difference in what instruments they provided to gain data until recently.
newen 6y ago
Apple’s argument for privacy is that they don’t give away their user’s data to outside parties. Friend who used to work at Apple told me they store lots of user data and do the typical intrusive data analysis on the data. They just don’t give it to third parties.
- millstone 6y ago
  No, Apple's argument for privacy is that they don't collect the data, period. For example Apple Maps has no sign in, does not retain your searches, and uses E2E encryption for syncing. Very different than GMaps.
  - perryizgr8 6y ago
    All of that makes it distinctly inferior to Google maps, which is why I'm not sure if any of these approaches is better in absolute terms.