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by throwaway2037 737 days ago 

    > Privacy makes them a lot of money right now
Why do I see this repeated over and over again on HN? Can you offer any concrete evidence on the matter. It looks impossible to prove.

Most users do not care about privacy. They care about price and convenience.
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mikestew 737 days ago
If they care about price, why are they buying iPhones? Just convenience?

It’s a bit moot without surveying users, and I’m sure those surveys exist somewhere. But I don’t accept at face value that users don’t care about privacy.

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throwaway2037 736 days ago 

    > why are they buying iPhones?
Because their friends and family also own iPhones. Also, you get higher social status from owning an iPhone. For normies, being part of the same mobile phone ecosystem is more convenient.
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