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> (b) because their strategy is such that it would harm their revenue more than benefit it. Apple isn't going to shed its privacy marketing or privacy-oriented
by icehawk 2y ago
> (b) because their strategy is such that it would harm their revenue more than benefit it. Apple isn't going to shed its privacy marketing or privacy-oriented features. It is going to build richer user profiles and sell more attention to advertisers, whether they maintain control of app distribution on iOS or not.
You dismiss that, but that's the point.
No company has your best interests at heart, but I'll buy apple products until such time as their interests no longer align with mine. Then, I can just go buy cheaper things as they've lost their market advantage.
- standardUser 2y agoApple's interest is in generating social angst among young people to marginally increase their already-massive market share through ostracization. I can't imagine how that supports your interests.
- lucasban 2y agoI don’t see that as an interest, as much as a method of achieving their interest (selling more iPhones). While the means are certainly questionable, in some sense the goal does align with that of their users - more people using iPhones will generally result in a better experience for existing users (partially due to the same decisions that generate social angst for others)