AntelopeRoom

joined 2 months ago
[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The ads are in the app store and about apps. Googles ads are all over the web and they've embedded trackers in every website that call home and tell google what you're up to. Most android apps also have Google libraries in them that track you. Chrome monitors your off Google activity. Gmail extracts purchase receipts from online shopping and monitors your spending to serve ads. Meanwhile, Apple forced app developers to ask for permission to track users and pissed off the entire tech industry. The two are not the same from a user privacy perspective. Apple also does not have trackers all over the web and does not read your email. Also, $4.7 billion is peanuts to Apple. Their annual is roughly $400 billion. Ads for them are a fart in the wind. Google meanwhile makes 75% its money on ads. I don't trust them at all.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

He had some good points, but I don't think he has enough good points to fill a YouTube channel. He can be a little dramatic.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're not even making an argument, just an assertion. Are you by chance a software engineer? If you really understand what Google is doing on a technical level, there is no comparison. No they are not the same. No Apple is not just as bad. Just think about it, Google makes their money selling businesses ads. Apple makes their money selling you a phone. The incentives are very different.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I personally do not trust Google at all. Their entire business model is ads and tracking.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Just use nextdns for ad blocking. You can install your own profile that is basically a pihole at the os level for cell and WiFi traffic. It blocks web ads, but also any trackers embedded in third party apps.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I couldn't give less of a fuck

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Its also like a Nazi salute

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago

So don't return?

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Milei giving his best Borat impression

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Are you talking about Elon Musk?

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I disagree, if only the left is speaking up, then the right don't help stop him. The right needs to stop him too.

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