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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by supernovae on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:28AM (#12016275)
Maybe not surprised, but they begrudge everyone else for this more than they do google, and that's what I think sucks. It seems OK for Apple/Google to do whatever they need to do to have a competitive app store with all its analytics and understanding its customer to sell it advertising but if other companies do it, its all the sudden the sky is falling
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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by toyg on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:41AM (#12016380)
It's probably because Google is perceived as giving you something like search, email, maps etc, which is very valuable, and "in exchange" it does stuff that does not directly impact your life. Similarly with Apple, which also works as a status symbol.

The sequence is also important: first they build services and products, sell (or give away) them on their merits, and then turn the analytics to 11. Doing both at the same time is a no-no, but once a user is dragged in, natural laziness and other migration costs kick in.

They are long cons, and to be fair, the products are pretty nice.

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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by KeepFlying on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:22AM (#12016809)
The products are very nice. And to a point I have started to trust Google innately. Not that that is necessarily a good thing.

I understand their need for data. It makes business and technical sense. I just wish they made more of an effort to anonymous it. (but that won't happen as long as ads are the primary market of the web)

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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by bdcravens on Friday July 01, 2016 @03:14PM (#12018926)
I think Google has done a great job of convincing us they're a tech company as opposed to an advertising company.
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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by lostlogin on Friday July 01, 2016 @03:12PM (#12018911)
Apple service vary rarely suck people in. They usually start as unreliable nightmare and slowly grow into something usable, eventually rewarding user persistence with near on days of almost completely bug free usage.
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Re:Google collects metadata from Android phones by dredmorbius on Saturday July 02, 2016 @01:20PM (#12023157)
Slack shown Google is lessenning markedly.

With very good cause.

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