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Apple makes money by selling goods and services. Google is in the business of targeted advertising. So they have diametrically opposed incentives wrt privacy.
by philwelch 3y ago
Apple makes money by selling goods and services. Google is in the business of targeted advertising. So they have diametrically opposed incentives wrt privacy.
- smcleod 3y agoI’m always amazed when people don’t get this. It’s like they’ve bought into Google as part of their identity so much that they are in denial with regards to how Google make their money.
- fsflover 3y agoThey both collect a lot of "telemetry" [0] and sell ads [1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32461690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32461690, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28897027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28897027.