> Privacy (in a consumer and marketing sense) is a major market advantage. I think that Apple has determined that keeping data away from 3rd parties is a good w

> Privacy (in a consumer and marketing sense) is a major market advantage. I think that Apple has determined that keeping data away from 3rd parties is a good way to capitalize on that market edge vs. giving up the edge and engaging in the same consumer exploitation as their competitors. I agree, this seems like the simplest and most straight-forward explanation to me.