[CBarkleyU]

> it requires you to surrender your identity and financial info to a company that is monetizing your privacy for profit.

As someone who has never owned an Apple device (apart from my work iPhone SE, which I rarely use): I always thought of Apple as a company that I can rather trust with my data. It might be marketing white-washing my brain, but Apple seems to be settled in the selling devices business, not in the "selling data" business.

My point being, "monetizing" my privacy is something that I feel very uneasy about with Google but not with Apple, somehow. The former screams "give us your data, so we can use it --- also you get to use this cool app, that relies on it" whereas the latter seems more like "Give us your data so you can use this cool app that relies on it, but honestly your data isnt that profitable to us".

Somebody please pop my naivity bubble.

[NekkoDroid]

> The former screams "give us your data, so we can use it --- also you get to use this cool app, that relies on it" whereas the latter seems more like "Give us your data so you can use this cool app that relies on it, but honestly your data isnt that profitable to us".

One reason I "trust" Google more than Apple is: I know that Google uses basically everything about me, but they are also kinda open about it. Apple on the contrary always likes to tout that they are oh so privacy friendly while still harvesting data en mass.

(Also, basically Googles entire business is about your data, so they better have it safe. Cuz if it starts crumbeling because of EU Laws and similar they basically have no business anymore unlike Apple)

And yes, I know it's not the best idea to "trust" even Google.

[Barrin92]

Ads are one of the fastest growing revenue sources for Apple[1], they are as much of an advertisement business as any other large tech firm. Ironically enough, you probably see more ads on an Iphone than a Pixel.

It's not in the logic of any capitalist firm to be settled on selling anything. They will sell everything they can to maximize value. Arguing about whether they'll settle for anything because you're already paying them a premium is mistaking a company for a person. When they stop Facebook from selling you ads, they do it because they want the slice of that pie.

A few years ago streaming services promised you to not see ads again for a flat free, now they all have an ad plan that costs as much as the old one and the ad-free plan costs more. Don't ever think one company is going to protect you from another one.

[1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-is-an-ad-company-now