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by zepto 5y ago
> afraid that non-App Store apps will be able to install viruses or brick their devices - which isn't the case. It absolutely is the case.
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by zepto 5y ago
Someone is going to be happy with this law. Just not the customers.
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by zepto 5y ago
Apple is a dividend paying stock.
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by zepto 5y ago
I guess you are not aware that TikTok is both highly profitable and valuable.
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by zepto 5y ago
> How can I offer explanation to the decline of a regime? Is it not obvious that mental health has been in decline for decades? Or that economic inequality is ever-growing? The average lifespan is in decline. Houselessness is on the rise
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by zepto 5y ago
I notice you don’t say they are bringing in $5 billion from surveillance advertising. Presumably because to claim that would be false.
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by zepto 5y ago
Well then that’s what the bill should say.
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by zepto 5y ago
You seem to think that it’s ethical for people to be tracked by Facebook against their will and without their consent. It’s hard to take arguments against Apple on this issue seriously. All we are talking about is giving the users an option
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by zepto 5y ago
If they want investment for that, then they can declare those plans. Otherwise it’s literally just wishful thinking.
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by zepto 5y ago
I guess we’re just waiting for a court case to test this. Smart contract code as an exhibit for the defense, and GitHub comments as an exhibit for the plaintiffs. We need a smart court to handle it.
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by zepto 5y ago
Probably a nice uptick
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by zepto 5y ago
> Facebook hired an investigator that concluded that their involvement was without their knowledge It seems like you simply take Facebook at their word. > More realistically, I think the U.S. (where most of the claims are relevant) is
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by zepto 5y ago
Both companies have to keep evolving to stay relevant, yes. One is declining and reviled, and the other is growing and seen as fun. That’s the only difference.
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by zepto 5y ago
Apple doesn’t have a surveillance advertising business, let alone a booming one. This seems to be a common new falsehood around here.
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by zepto 5y ago
Really? What do you think of as misinformation about Facebook?
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by zepto 5y ago
Their purpose is to defend the company against humorous comments.
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by zepto 5y ago
Over time it will become extremely robust
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by zepto 5y ago
Where is the intent other than in the contract?
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by zepto 5y ago
They can’t buy TikTok, and it’s too late to copy it.
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by zepto 5y ago
They haven’t moved into advertising within iOS - that seems to be a popular falsehood these days. And they have steadily introduced new revenue streams such as Watch, Music, TV+. Services is where it is at.
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by zepto 5y ago
Groups used to be broken off into a separate iOS app. That time period was blissful. Then they removed that app because it allowed users to escape the newsfeed.
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by zepto 5y ago
He’s worth $80 billion for now .
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by zepto 5y ago
Facebook is a machine that makes people parrot tired narratives that are devoid of insight.
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by zepto 5y ago
Facebook is all ads, and Apple is much less dependent on the iPhone than it was before, and is continuing in the right direction.
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by zepto 5y ago
You are wrong - it’s clear that you do get the metaverse.
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by zepto 5y ago
It’s too late. Nobody is switching from TikTok to Facebook.
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by zepto 5y ago
It does have a privacy impact.
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by zepto 5y ago
But that's just it - Google's business interest is always about protecting revenue from search advertising, which is never simply aligned with the search user or with search quality, but exactly as you describe it "a rea
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by zepto 5y ago
Then it’s a trivial feature that you can simply ask people if they want to enable rather than opting them in when they opted out.
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by zepto 5y ago
> No, we're talking about accounts who already had it (as part of broader setting) disabled for them, in a context where the data in question can (contractually) only be used to provide the service anyhow. That doesn’t contradict th

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