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Re:Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on... by thomasrossi on Thursday August 20, 2015 @08:11AM (#10091302)
I notice two things: 1) why shouldn't Apple collect the very same data? 2) apparently users are willing to pay for privacy, that's pretty cool! Something like vysk will actually have some space.
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Re:Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on... by charlesray on Thursday August 20, 2015 @08:19AM (#10091333)
"1) why shouldn't Apple collect the very same data?"

How do we know they don't? Has anyone read the privacy policy lately?

I mean, the only reason anyone flipped about Microsoft's privacy policy is because they took the unusual step of making it understandable to the layman. And they were crucified for that.

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Re:Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on... by thomasrossi on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:29AM (#10097672)
From a juridical point of view that was really nice of them. It's a step toward Latin Law, where each man is entitled to understand what he is signing (opposed to the Anglo-saxon where you assume anything can get signed, therefore you need additional laws to protect the people - I am not commenting on such laws)
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