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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by boudin on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:47AM (#16966980)
I use neither of those and host my own services, but I know I'm a control freak on that.

My point is that an object that you don't control can't be trusted for privacy, that's all. Both iphones and stock android phone fits in this category, you don't control any of those.

Edit : If Apple change it's business model and decide to use the data gathered, what do you do? It's exactly the problem of privacy, having control of the data you consider private. Controlling data over time is a really important part.

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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by selectodude on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:07AM (#16967614)
Apple probably made like $500 selling me an iPhone X. If they sell my data, I won't buy another one. I guess I'm stuck trusting capitalism in that I think Apple would rather keep making $500 every couple years than $50 once.
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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by lederhosen on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @05:13PM (#16971713)
They sold your data to Google.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/14/google-paying-apple-3-billio...

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