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I don't trust either but knowing how each makes their money one might be less inclined to abuse my data over the other.
by tjpnz 6y ago
I don't trust either but knowing how each makes their money one might be less inclined to abuse my data over the other.
- izacus 6y agoWhat are you basing this information on (besides a pinky swear of a corporation which happily forgets their values when it comes to repairability and labor force) ?
- mosselman 6y ago> "knowing how each makes their money" Probably gave it away? > "their values when it comes to repairability and labor force" Apple obviously doesn't have any positive values about labour force and repairability, but both of those have about 0% to do with privacy, so they aren't relevant in this case I'd think.
- 6510 6y agoI get that Apple seems more trust worthy in this setting but if one trusts others depends on everything they do. It would be better if they combined forces to create a separate entity. Safe browsing currently gives both companies the ability to block websites. They could do this when they feel like it but also when ordered to.
- kergonath 6y ago> so they aren't relevant in this case I'd think. It’s just the classic “Apple’s bad, therefore they are absolutely doing anything nefarious I could come up with”.
- tchalla 6y agoYou can look into SEC 10K filings for both firms.
- izacus 6y agoAnd those filings say that Apple is rapidly changing itself into online service firm where most services heavily rely on users data.
- tchalla 6y agoI am sure you've also made a keen observation that those services revenues heavily come from subscriptions, not from user data.
- jaegerpicker 6y agoAn online services firm that is 100% different in how it works compared to Google/Facebook's models. All of it's services are subscription based and tailored for people who bought their devices.
- maxhille 6y agoSometimes I think people are not aware that Apple also has an ad business. https://searchads.apple.com/ https://searchads.apple.com/
- techdragon 6y agoIt’s kind of disingenuous to compare Apple’s search ad feature for just promoting an app inside the App Store, with Google’s Adsense online advertising platform which is multi-platform with video, text, and image ads, even audio at one point in the past, on multiple device types being so ubiquitous it’s almost hard to get away from them.
- robin_reala 6y agoSure, but it’s got a considerably better privacy model than Google’s ads: https://searchads.apple.com/privacy/ https://searchads.apple.com/privacy/ . For a start, you can see what information they used to target you by pressing on the “Ad” button (which is my case is nothing because I’d previously flipped a single toggle switch in settings telling Apple not to use personal data to target ads to me).
- sofixa 6y agoGoogle have a whole website dedicated to that ( what it knows about you), and there are toggles if you want that to be used for ad targeting or shared with third parties. adssettings.google.com
- kergonath 6y agoHave you noticed that these ads appear only in the App Store and are not based on invasive tracking across apps and the Internet?
- SquareWheel 6y agoNot to mention iAds. Though apparently they shuttered that a few years ago.
- judge2020 6y agoSearch Ads are for the App Store and are completely contextual - eg. you search "translate" and a random translate app shows above Google Translate as an Ad. They don't have ads that target the user, only the search term.