Apple's best product is now privacy

Re:Apple's best product is now privacy by jernfrost on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:33PM (#17990193)

There is a financial incentive to NOT share data because there is a demand in the market for privacy. Apple can pursue this market because they charge for hardware. Google had no way of making money on privacy because they don’t sell a physical product.

So it is simple: Apple has a choice. Google doesn’t.

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Re:Apple's best product is now privacy by fucking_tragedy on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:58PM (#17990423)

> There is a financial incentive to NOT share data because there is a demand in the market for privacy

Where? I can't identify a single non-tech-oriented person in my life who makes phone purchasing decisions based off of vague notions like privacy.

In fact, I'd say that the market does not demand privacy, it is ambivalent to it. I don't agree with ambivalence, but I also don't see consumers making privacy-minded purchases, either.

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Re:Apple's best product is now privacy by cm2187 on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:37PM (#17991178)

As long as the money is flowing in. I don't think people will be buying $1500 smartphones in a recession.

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Re:Apple's best product is now privacy by scarface74 on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:55PM (#17992031)

Few people in America pay full price for the phone. All of the carriers offer zero percent interest payment plans as does Apple. Yes I know it’s paying the full price but psychologically, most people only care about the monthly amount.

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