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> How little Apple and Google care about privacy doesn't matter.

It's impossible to take this seriously.

Google, literally has surveillance capitalism as it's entire business model.



Are you really that dense? I showed you how Apple violates your privacy on iOS in a way that you cannot avoid on iOS. On Android, you don't have to put up with that nonsense. What the hell does Google have to do with it, violating your privacy whether you use iOS or Android or no phone at all?

You have no choice but to let Google get your purchases (except maybe via some opt out with your card issuer). You do have a choice not to send your app usage to Apple and Google, but only if you use Android.

As far as whether Google or Apple is worse for surveillance capitalism, only the former (and Microsoft and Mozilla) lets me opt out of them collecting my SSID location. That is yet another reason iOS is worse for privacy than Android. Even worse, it is impossible to get your location on iOS without also sending your location to Apple.


>Are you really that dense?

No, I'm just not gullible enough to buy into such a ridiculous premise.

Spying on users is Google's entire business model.


> Spying on users is Google's entire business model.

What does that have to do with anything? On Android, I can use as few Google apps as an iOS user. Even better, I can use fewer spying Apple apps. Apple's entire business model is marketing to gullible users who hand over their money and their data.




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