Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start

Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by bb88 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:22PM (#15553826)

I love how this ended up with a down vote. Sometimes speaking a painful truth is painful.

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by netword on Thursday October 26, 2017 @05:37AM (#15557501)

> then isn't the onus on you to not visit those sites?

Not what the discussion was about. The question was which business model was more 'honest'. And I'm not sure you can fairly say that bulk data collection across most parts of the Web which most people are unaware of, is an honest way of conducting business (Not to mention shit like [1] and [2]).

[1] https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/09/yes-google-uses-its-power...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-...

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by bb88 on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:12PM (#15573003)

And my argument is that content and advertising and consumer tracking has been accepted behavior by corporations for a long time now. You may not like it, may think it's kind of "Nazi"-ish. But it's been a valid business model for decades.

But if you feel Apple's business model is truly more honest, here's a wikipedia page you should go read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.

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