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The "problem" is that Apple gets most of their money from hardware sales, they don't need to be able to uniquely identify their users to make huge bank. Thus t
by theshrike79 3y ago
The "problem" is that Apple gets most of their money from hardware sales, they don't need to be able to uniquely identify their users to make huge bank.
Thus they go privacy first in things just because they can. Like randomising IDs used to identify players across apps and services. You should've seen the tears marketing shed when that change happened.
- illiac786 3y agoyour assumption is that their hardware sales is not dependent on their ecosystem. I'd argue otherwise.
- theshrike79 3y agoThey are complementary of course, one could not exist without the other. But the competition (Google) is by all measurements an ad company that does software and hardware on the side, they cannot go the privacy route. Ads require tracking and tracking implies privacy issues.