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While anything is possible, I think when Apple found out Facebook was abusing the enterprise app distribution program to track teenagers, that was the end of an
by tw04 6y ago
While anything is possible, I think when Apple found out Facebook was abusing the enterprise app distribution program to track teenagers, that was the end of any amicable relationship. Apple doesn't need Facebook, and they benefit from government regulation around privacy. If world governments start demanding basic privacy, it'll destroy the profit model of their main competitor.
Until a time that Apple's main source of income is selling your private data, I guess I'm hard pressed to believe they're trying to enable their competitors who do.
- neodymiumphish 6y agoI don't know that "[Apple] benefit from government regulation around privacy." Considering they are leading the charge on commercial devices and privacy, at least among the big tech companies. It benefits them more to be the only one demonstrating this focus, some proof to support this claim, and no financial benefit to collecting/leaking customer privacy data. None of the other tech companies can claim any 2 of those 3 points.
- macintux 6y ago> Apple doesn't need Facebook I'm not sure that's true. I suspect the absence of Facebook's apps on the iPhone would be a pretty significant blow to Apple's long-term market share. WhatsApp has >1.5 billion users, Messenger nearly that many. (Would it also hurt Facebook? Absolutely.)
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- lucasyvas 6y agoI actually don't think it would effect it long term, only short term. People would use something else. I have been critical of Apple in the past, but given the choice of Apple or Facebook, I'd choose Apple. And I don't even own an Apple device. I guess I just believe that people still place the quality of their products over any particular service.