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This is not true at all. I would recommend reading a bit on Apple’s privacy practices and how they differ from other players in the space to arrive at a more in

This is not true at all. I would recommend reading a bit on Apple’s privacy practices and how they differ from other players in the space to arrive at a more informed understanding here. From Apple’s legal page [0] for e.g. maps: “Individual usage metrics are associated with an identifier that rotates multiple times per hour, and is not tied to your Apple ID. This means Maps cannot search for information about you based on an identifier linked to you or your device.” [0]: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-maps/ https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-maps/

hu3 3y ago
That's not remotely true, at least not for Apple in China. We know that Apple will throw their users under the bus for profit if incentives align. "Apple tells suppliers to use 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei' to appease Beijing" https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/apple_warns_suppliers_in_taiwan/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/apple_warns_suppliers... "The problem with canceling Jon Stewart: Apple bowed to Chinese government censorship" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/10/26/jon-stewart-apple-tv-show-canceled-china-government-censorship/71298946007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/10/26/jon... "Apple pulls Taiwanese flag emoji from iPhones in Hong Kong" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/apple-taiwan-flag-emoji-iphones-hong-kong https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/apple-taiw... Even Google didn't went that far and withdrew from China. "In early 2010, Google shut down its Chinese website altogether after failing to reach an agreement with Beijing over how much content to censor in search results." https://observer.com/2022/10/alphabet-shut-google-translate-china-big-tech/ https://observer.com/2022/10/alphabet-shut-google-translate-...

hu3 3y ago

That's not remotely true, at least not for Apple in China. We know that Apple will throw their users under the bus for profit if incentives align. "Apple tells suppliers to use 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei' to appease Beijing" https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/apple_warns_suppliers_in_taiwan/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/apple_warns_suppliers... "The problem with canceling Jon Stewart: Apple bowed to Chinese government censorship" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/10/26/jon-stewart-apple-tv-show-canceled-china-government-censorship/71298946007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/10/26/jon... "Apple pulls Taiwanese flag emoji from iPhones in Hong Kong" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/apple-taiwan-flag-emoji-iphones-hong-kong https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/apple-taiw... Even Google didn't went that far and withdrew from China. "In early 2010, Google shut down its Chinese website altogether after failing to reach an agreement with Beijing over how much content to censor in search results." https://observer.com/2022/10/alphabet-shut-google-translate-china-big-tech/ https://observer.com/2022/10/alphabet-shut-google-translate-...