vanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoYSK that Apple makes millions of dollars with personalized advertising. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you should turn it off.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down118
arrow-up1503arrow-down1imageYSK that Apple makes millions of dollars with personalized advertising. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you should turn it off.lemmy.worldvanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squaremelfie@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThere are 2 reasons a big corporation will ever do anything: Make number go up Avoid number going down due to bad PR, government fines, etc. This probably falls under #2.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoApple does sell privacy. They market it as a feature. And their hardware sales margins are hilarious. So in this case they do have some incentive for privacy/security.
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 hours agoThey do even better - they sell the idea of privacy. Then they’re free to double dip. Or triple dip if selling in a place like China.
There are 2 reasons a big corporation will ever do anything:
Make number go up
Avoid number going down due to bad PR, government fines, etc.
This probably falls under #2.
Apple does sell privacy. They market it as a feature.
And their hardware sales margins are hilarious.
So in this case they do have some incentive for privacy/security.
They do even better - they sell the idea of privacy. Then they’re free to double dip.
Or triple dip if selling in a place like China.