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Do you have any examples beyond your own preconception?
If Apple were secretly doing this without user consent this would be a pretty huge liability for them.
Well, I worked for them for quite a while and never saw or heard anything that suggested a large scale data collection program existed beyond the usual analytics that people can opt out of. I’m on a plane, so I don’t have the time to do a deep dig at the moment, but for a quick anecdotal test, I’d say you could just open the menus of a Microsoft computer, Google computer, and Apple computer, and tell me who seems to be shoving more targeted ads down your throat.
Sure, if you use their Apple TV streaming service or other equivalent media thing, I’m sure they collect data, sell, and use it, but that is a far cry from some of the really invasive moves we’ve seen from companies that produce ad supported hardware/software.
The contents of my computer should be mine because I straight up own it. If I’m connecting to a subscription service that I don’t own, then I have a slightly lower expectation of total privacy.
Agreed with the main points you said. It’s one thing for a company to collect hardware data and usage stats for their services but to compare Apple to the likes of Google and Roku which make a majority of their profit on collecting and selling data, then there needs to be evidence of data collection beyond that.
I think you may have misunderstood me. I’m saying that Apple isn’t as bad as Roku, Google, or Microsoft. They collect some data, yes, but it seems to be reasonable by comparison.
I think we might be vigorously agreeing with each other in a circle, lol.
lol yeah that’s what I was agreeing with you on 🤣
It was a pleasure talking with you, BobaFuttbucker. Thanks for being cool. 🙂
Samesies my dude