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Apple doesn’t collect and use information the same way Google does.

by tchalla 6y ago

vntok 6y ago
It is true, Apple handles it way worse. With Google you have access to a whole dashboard where they explain in very simple terms what they know about you (per service) and how they use that information. And of course you can opt-out with a few clicks.
- tchalla 6y ago
  It’s interesting that one using data as a selling point is worse than one that doesn’t. In any case, Apple gives you access to all information they have on you and you can opt-out with a click. I’m not sure that’s a differentiator in any case.
- rgovostes 6y ago
  Apple has the same thing[0]. A journalist requested their data from Apple, Google, and Facebook a few years ago[1], > The zip file I eventually received from Apple was tiny, only 9 megabytes, compared to 243 MB from Google and 881 MB from Facebook. And there's not much there, because Apple says the information is primarily kept on your device, not its servers. The one sentence highlight: a list of my downloads, purchases and repairs, but not my search histories through the Siri personal assistant or the Safari browser. Also curious how, if as you say Google is so transparent with this information, they abruptly stopped updating all of their iOS apps on December 8th, the day that Apple required them to publish the data that their apps collect[2,3]. 0: https://privacy.apple.com/ https://privacy.apple.com/ 1: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/04/asked-apple-everything-had-me-heres-what-got/558362002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/04/a... 2: https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 3: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/05/google-hasnt-updated-ios-apps-since-privacy-labels/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/05/google-hasnt-updated-io...

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Apple doesn’t collect and use information the same way Google does.

by tchalla 6y ago

Apple doesn’t collect and use information the same way Google does.

vntok 6y ago
It is true, Apple handles it way worse. With Google you have access to a whole dashboard where they explain in very simple terms what they know about you (per service) and how they use that information. And of course you can opt-out with a few clicks.
- tchalla 6y ago
  It’s interesting that one using data as a selling point is worse than one that doesn’t. In any case, Apple gives you access to all information they have on you and you can opt-out with a click. I’m not sure that’s a differentiator in any case.
- rgovostes 6y ago
  Apple has the same thing[0]. A journalist requested their data from Apple, Google, and Facebook a few years ago[1], > The zip file I eventually received from Apple was tiny, only 9 megabytes, compared to 243 MB from Google and 881 MB from Facebook. And there's not much there, because Apple says the information is primarily kept on your device, not its servers. The one sentence highlight: a list of my downloads, purchases and repairs, but not my search histories through the Siri personal assistant or the Safari browser. Also curious how, if as you say Google is so transparent with this information, they abruptly stopped updating all of their iOS apps on December 8th, the day that Apple required them to publish the data that their apps collect[2,3]. 0: https://privacy.apple.com/ https://privacy.apple.com/ 1: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/04/asked-apple-everything-had-me-heres-what-got/558362002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/04/a... 2: https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 3: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/05/google-hasnt-updated-ios-apps-since-privacy-labels/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/05/google-hasnt-updated-io...