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Re:One week with the Google Pixel by rhinoceraptor on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:38PM (#12875902)
Why else would Android exist than to get people (and their sweet, sweet user data) into the Google ecosystem?
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Re:One week with the Google Pixel by toomuchtodo on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:44PM (#12875956)
To protect mobile search revenue. I get what you meant, I'm just saying Google doesn't need your location history and your assorted other meta data to profit off you. They just need to ensure Apple can never close the door on search to them.
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Re:One week with the Google Pixel by threeseed on Friday November 04, 2016 @05:25PM (#12876260)
Google is in competition with Facebook who have tremendous amounts of data available for advertisers to use.

So yes they do feel the need to collect as much data as possible.

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