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It's actually user-serving. Users want to be a part of the decision of whether or not and how they are tracked by ad networks. Always.
by TedShiller 6y ago
It's actually user-serving. Users want to be a part of the decision of whether or not and how they are tracked by ad networks. Always.
- cronix 6y agoI might be inclined to believe you if they weren't, at the same time, pocketing around $8-12 BILLION a year[1] to keep Google as the default search engine. They are privacy-centric when it serves them in the public eye (FB currently has shit reputation) on one hand but will happily accept cash to keep the stock price up in the other hand. [1] https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926290942/google-paid-apple-billions-to-dominate-search-on-iphones-justice-department-says https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926290942/google-paid-apple-b...
- xondono 6y agoI might be inclined to believe you if that meant Google is the only choice. The first thing I recommend anyone with an iDevice is to switch to ddg.
- cronix 6y agoRight, Apple is asking you to opt-in for facebook tracking you, but opt-out of Google tracking you. Why aren't both opt-in if user-privacy is the true motive? One company pays 8 Billion for that, the other doesn't?
- colejohnson66 6y agoWell, the rumors are that Apple is working on their own search engine... Remember the Apple Maps fiasco with iOS 6? That was because Google wanted more data on the users and Apple refused. So Google left and the whole story was spun as Apple’s fault by the media.
- xondono 6y agoI don’t care for the default as long as the choice is there. Facebook wants to take that choice from users.