They also make a lot of money in China where betraying their users privacy was required to enter. And that was almost the same week then their CEO, Tim Cook, told on camera that privacy is "fundamental human right". I guess he doesn't consider Chinese people human.
Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps
by specialist on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:50PM
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What would you have done?
Re:DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps
by cromwellian on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:49PM
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How about withdrawl, like Google did?
Google are an advertising company. The overwhelming majority of their revenue is from targeted advertising. Their ability to harvest user data is the primary factor affecting their bottom line.
For Apple, privacy is a no-brainer. It doesn't harm either of their primary revenue streams and it gives them a substantial point of differentiation against their main competitor. Apple have an ongoing commercial imperative to improve the privacy of their products and services; Google have an ongoing commercial imperative to the contrary.