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[–] hardypart@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (44 children)

I'm not even an Apple user but somehow I still feel like Apple is one of the very last companies where privacy and the security of your data is more worth than a dime.

[–] zettajon@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (32 children)

Nope, Apple sells your data just as much as Google does: https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/apple-ad-revenues-skyrocket-amid-its-privacy-changes https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/12/22/23513061/apple-iphone-app-store-ads-privacy-antitrust#luMMel

While people noticed their new policies against 3rd party apps, that masked the fact that those policies carved out an exception for first party apps, meaning they collect (anonymous) data on you through Health, Journal, Music, etc. just like every other company. "Trusting them more" is simply a result of you and everyone else getting hit with their privacy ads recently.

Edit: "just like every other company" meant Google and Microsoft, i.e. the other big equivalent tech companies, my fault for not being specific.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

While I’m all for calling out companies for abusing your privacy, your own links show that they don’t collect as much data as google. They could (and should) be better though.

[–] khajimak@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nope apple is literally worse than hitler, spez, and elon musk confirmed. Tim apple fucked my wife in front of me.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

You lucky sonofabitch. You got to witness the ol Apple Pie with your own two eyes.

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, your wife must be really hot if a gay guy saw her and said ‘would’.

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