[atonse]

It's actually quite simple: follow the money.

Apple makes little to no money by invading your privacy. They've already made money once you bought their hardware. Which is why they will be a much better champion of your privacy.

However, companies like Google and Facebook make almost 100% of their revenue by knowing every detail they possibly can about your life. That's why they try to commoditize hardware and place all the value in your personal information.

[zanny]

Just because it is not a primary revenue stream does not mean Apple lacks a profit motive to collect the data on their users.

They certainly do. And since I cannot audit any of their upper layer code for any of their products, I cannot have any faith that they don't.

At least with Android, I can get my own spin on AOSP like Paranoid Android.

[dharma1]

Facebook doesn't commoditise hardware - but otherwise you're right. However, for hundreds of millions of people buying their first smartphones iProducts isn't even a viable option, while a sub $100 Android phone is. And those devices will be their gateway to the internet. So maybe something good will come out of it too

And I guess you can opt out of the Google tracking ecosystem even on "Android" hardware