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minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·8 months agoapple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.
minus-squarehangonasecond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoApple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it’s only ~1% of Google’s ad business buts still technically billions
minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThat’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThey are themselves an ad company though.
minus-squareZamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoYes, they do. They’re just better at pretending they don’t.
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoFacebook doesn’t need to spy, the users give it up willingly.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoThey also spy, because just a few billion isn’t enough
apple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.
Apple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it’s only ~1% of Google’s ad business buts still technically billions
That’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.
They are themselves an ad company though.
Yes, they do. They’re just better at pretending they don’t.
Facebook doesn’t need to spy, the users give it up willingly.
They also spy, because just a few billion isn’t enough