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by Jtsummers 3292 days ago
It's not Apple's policy to sell information. This is employees engaging in criminal behavior. Still not good for Apple, but it's correctable (firing and pressing charges as appropriate; institute stronger internal policies on both hiring and information access). Facebook and Google can't stop selling our information without going out of business (or a major pivot).
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Google doesn't sell the information either. (You can buy ads, though.)
Google doesn't sell our information.
It kind of doesn't matter though. They are still the cause of a bunch of data being leaked through their actions. They should be held accountable for it whether it was intentional or not.

Your point is very valid, but the crime being committed against their customers is also very valid.