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by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 1670 days ago
Google Play, YouTube, Google Books, Google Maps, Google Hangouts, Google Messenger, Google Drive, Google Mail, etc are all extremely intrusive apps.

At least with Apple, you have the flexibility to do whatever you want with it and not have to worry about feeding the Google Advertising machine.
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Copernicron 1670 days ago
> Google Play, YouTube, Google Books, Google Maps, Google Hangouts, Google Messenger, Google Drive, Google Mail, etc are all extremely intrusive apps.

With the exception of Google Play, you can delete all of them without issue. If you don't use them, then delete them.

> At least with Apple, you have the flexibility to do whatever you want with it and not have to worry about feeding the Google Advertising machine.

No, you're feeding the Apple advertising machine instead. It's not a coincidence that Apple's share of certain advertisements has tripled since they announced app tracking transparency [0]. I'm certain it's only a matter of time before they make themselves the only company that can advertise to iOS users. Apple collects the exact same data about you that Google does only they're less transparent about it.

[0] https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/18/apples-ad-business-windfall/

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9wzYQbTYsAIc 1670 days ago
> No, you're feeding the Apple advertising machine instead.

No, I have personalized ads turned off.

“You have turned off Personalized Ads, preventing Apple from using your account information or interactions with Apple services for serving ads. You may still be served ads based on the criteria listed below. Your personal data is not provided to third parties.

Contextual Information When you search on the App Store, your query may be used to serve you a relevant ad. On Apple News and Stocks, the type of story you read may be used to select appropriate ads. In addition, information about your device's keyboard language settings, device type, OS version, mobile carrier, and connection type may be used to serve ads to you.”

Also, https://www.apple.com/privacy/labels/

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nixass 1670 days ago
None of these you mentioned is showing ads into your mouth (except maybe Photos, but there are tons of alternatives), while Apple's do.
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9wzYQbTYsAIc 1670 days ago
Stocks, News, and App Store are the only things displaying ads…
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