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Apple isn't a data selling company. Google is.

_aavaa_ 3y ago
Google does not sell your data. They’re valuable because their hoard the data for themselves and charge advertisers but doesn’t give them the data.
xnx 3y ago
Google sells your attention, not your data.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>Apple isn't a data selling company. Google is. Microsoft also wasn't a data selling company, but that didn't stop them pivoting into one when they realized that Google was making more money from Windows users than they were. At some point in the future Apple's growth will plateau, Tim Cook will retire, another CEO will be appointed, while shareholders will always demand more growth, so guess where that growth will come from. Companies always change with time, they never stay the same, otherwise Woz would still be working there. Which is why I trust no big company in the world and why you shouldn't either, no matter how shiny their products are.
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
  That's so Microsoft can make money from non-corporate Windows users, which it makes very little from otherwise. Apple makes billions off hardware and it's cut in ecosystem sales and has a brand image of privacy which helps those sales.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    That's a good point. Although, Apple's HW sales, both Mac and iPhone, could also plateau in the future as people upgrade much less often.
- babypuncher 3y ago
  > that didn't stop them pivoting into one when they realized that Google was making more money from Windows users than they were. That's the thing, Microsoft was making peanuts from Windows users, especially after they started offering upgrades for free. Microsoft sells Windows licenses at a discount to OEMs, and OEMs sell the laptops where the real money is made. Apple doesn't have this problem. They make a buttload of money from macOS users because they sold the (very expensive) hardware it runs on. Apple's incentive is to keep those users happy, so they keep buying $1200-$4000 laptops every few years. Sacrificing $100-$200 worth of data/ad revenue to keep those big purchases coming makes sense. It's why when you set up a new mac, you aren't bombarded with ads for candy crush.
greentea23 3y ago
Apple doesn't sell your data, they force you to give it away yourself. They are fundamentally an anti-freedom company, and you need freedom to protect yourself.
delfinom 3y ago
Google doesn't sell your data. They sell ads based on your data. They also go buy up your data from data brokers that sell it wholesale...like Mastercard, Lol

Google does not sell your data. They’re valuable because their hoard the data for themselves and charge advertisers but doesn’t give them the data.

xnx 3y ago

Google sells your attention, not your data.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>Apple isn't a data selling company. Google is. Microsoft also wasn't a data selling company, but that didn't stop them pivoting into one when they realized that Google was making more money from Windows users than they were. At some point in the future Apple's growth will plateau, Tim Cook will retire, another CEO will be appointed, while shareholders will always demand more growth, so guess where that growth will come from. Companies always change with time, they never stay the same, otherwise Woz would still be working there. Which is why I trust no big company in the world and why you shouldn't either, no matter how shiny their products are.

PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
That's so Microsoft can make money from non-corporate Windows users, which it makes very little from otherwise. Apple makes billions off hardware and it's cut in ecosystem sales and has a brand image of privacy which helps those sales.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  That's a good point. Although, Apple's HW sales, both Mac and iPhone, could also plateau in the future as people upgrade much less often.
babypuncher 3y ago
> that didn't stop them pivoting into one when they realized that Google was making more money from Windows users than they were. That's the thing, Microsoft was making peanuts from Windows users, especially after they started offering upgrades for free. Microsoft sells Windows licenses at a discount to OEMs, and OEMs sell the laptops where the real money is made. Apple doesn't have this problem. They make a buttload of money from macOS users because they sold the (very expensive) hardware it runs on. Apple's incentive is to keep those users happy, so they keep buying $1200-$4000 laptops every few years. Sacrificing $100-$200 worth of data/ad revenue to keep those big purchases coming makes sense. It's why when you set up a new mac, you aren't bombarded with ads for candy crush.

greentea23 3y ago

Apple doesn't sell your data, they force you to give it away yourself. They are fundamentally an anti-freedom company, and you need freedom to protect yourself.

delfinom 3y ago

Google doesn't sell your data. They sell ads based on your data. They also go buy up your data from data brokers that sell it wholesale...like Mastercard, Lol