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by fartcannon 1492 days ago
That's good. I don't trust Apple though and I have no way to verify Apple isn't spying on me. In fact I'm pretty sure they are.
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HWR_14 1492 days ago
Ultimately, you have to trust someone. Unless you write your own compilers in machine code, and get the source, review it, etc. you have to trust someone along the chain. Hell, Intel/AMD could be fucking with you via the CPU.

If I have to trust someone, I trust the multi-trillion dollar company built on privacy. If they are found to be spying on people, the hit to the wealth of everyone who works there will be massive.

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fartcannon 1492 days ago
They're built on advertising. The same advertising that makes you think they're not spying on you.
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HWR_14 1491 days ago
Apple doesn't sell advertising, nor do I think they spy on me. Or become famous and probably dialed rich by publishing the details of how they do so
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wruza 1492 days ago
Made me laugh. For nine month I gave a chance to full-time android phone, and every two weeks or so it showed me ads based on what I discussed with my coworker in voice (I mean mouth and ears, not voice messaging) but never googled etc. If Apple does that, they at least pretend not to.
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fartcannon 1492 days ago
I haven't seen an ad in a decade, save for when my wife tries to show me something on her iPhone.
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