[mrec]

I don't think it's pedantic at all. spockz's scenario was explicitly "they get all users and Google is gone" (my emphasis). That is, Apple would be able to re-enable tracking because at that point users would have nowhere else to go.

The counter-arguments were that this would never happen because Apple's unlikely to deviate from the luxury pricing model that's worked so well for them. If Apple "gets all users that Apple can get" then turns tracking back on, while Android is still around with the same tracking but at a small fraction of the price, there's no reason for privacy-conscious users to stick with Apple.

[tim58]

> there's no reason for privacy-conscious users to stick with Apple.

There is a cost of switching platforms.

[zepto]

One which users were obviously willing to pay if they switched to Apple because of privacy concerns, and do would be willing to pay again if that need was met elsewhere.