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by cmelbye 1099 days ago
Yeah whenever I see "Privacy" segments in their marketing, it's hard for me to avoid thinking of it as "Here's how our anti-competitive moat works."
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As a consumer. I don't care. I'd rather Apple be the only ones with my data. Advertisers handed Apple this power by spending the last decade being as abusive as technically possible. I hope Apple shuts down the entire industry.
> I'd rather Apple be the only ones with my data.

This was the same attitude that led Google where it is now. "Don't be evil" was really believed and accepted by huge part of their users, and compared to the sheer evil of Microsoft they sure looked like the better alternative.

> I hope Apple shuts down the entire industry.

On Apple's relationship with the ad industry, I have bad news for you.

Ah yes, the web which is dominated by checks notes not-Chrome.