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Apple could start selling ads tomorrow and simply change the terms of service, which they have a right to. In that case the last N years of data they have been
by oceanplexian 5y ago
Apple could start selling ads tomorrow and simply change the terms of service, which they have a right to. In that case the last N years of data they have been collecting on you is fair game to sell to third parties.
Is Google a worse example, sure. But plenty of us have been around long enough to remember when Google was restructured into Alphabet and the “Don’t be evil” motto was wiped from their corporate code of conduct. All it takes is a new CEO or a change of leadership and all of these corporate platitudes aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.
- selectodude 5y agoBut the key thing is that with Apple, you're generally the customer. I pay a huge amount of money for an iPhone and Apple wants me to pay a huge amount of money for another iPhone in the future. Google develops Android for free and as such, I, the consumer, am not Google's customer. It's simply a different business model. Apple could change their approach and in response I can change mine. Google could also set up a method for me to purchase Android.
- heavyset_go 5y agoI paid a lot for cable TV and they still showed me ads despite being the customer. I also pay a lot for my internet connection as a customer, but guess what my ISP's privacy policy allows them to do? Share my data. Like any other profit driven company, Apple is incentivized to generate revenue from their customers' data and to advertise to them.
- threeseed 5y ago> Apple is incentivized to generate revenue from their customers' data and to advertise to them. Apple is equally incentivised not to generate revenue in this way since they would lose hardware sales.