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mercurysmessage | karma 66 | avg karma 0.3 · 2017-05-05 12:19:45+00:00

I'm not so certain that Apple is as privacy conscious as they are touting themselves to be. Apple still collects data from it's users.

mattnewton | karma 11343 | avg karma 4.07 · 2017-05-05 15:32:44

Crash reports and usage telemetry is different from information you can use to sell ads.

mercurysmessage | karma 66 | avg karma 0.3 · 2017-05-05 15:58:50

You mean like Telemetry in Windows 10? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/basic...

I didn't even know that Apple collected information until I saw an article detailing how to secure mac OS. Which, I think is worse.

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mattnewton | karma 11343 | avg karma 4.07 · 2017-05-05 17:14:10+00:00

That perception means they risk to lose real market share if they get caught doing something shady. Which means they don't do shady things in my experience.

I don't want to turn this into a tired apple-vs-windows thread, so if you can't see why Apple's lack of ads on their desktop is indicative of a fundamentally different view of their users, and a selling point for me, you are free to do so. I see a difference worth paying for (and you are free to call me a sucker I guess).

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