Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone?
AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 1 week agoYou’re not even making an argument, just an assertion. Are you by chance a software engineer? If you really understand what Google is doing on a technical level, there is no comparison. No they are not the same. No Apple is not just as bad. Just think about it, Google makes their money selling businesses ads. Apple makes their money selling you a phone. The incentives are very different.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Apple also sells ads, their ad business just isn’t as big as google’s.
developer.apple.com/…/advertising-data
www.statista.com/…/apple-ad-revenue-worldwide/
But sure, they’re not the same. Apple’s advertising is working on you.
AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The ads are in the app store and about apps. Googles ads are all over the web and they’ve embedded trackers in every website that call home and tell google what you’re up to. Most android apps also have Google libraries in them that track you. Chrome monitors your off Google activity. Gmail extracts purchase receipts from online shopping and monitors your spending to serve ads. Meanwhile, Apple forced app developers to ask for permission to track users and pissed off the entire tech industry. The two are not the same from a user privacy perspective.