Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door

Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by reaperducer on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @05:06PM (#19040101)

Is it a little baffling to anyone else that Facebook's entire plan if Apple killed their research-app Onavo iOS workaround was "loudly point out that Google does it too"?

Not to me. That’s pretty much how I expect Facebook to operate these days.

Sadly, it’s not just Facebook. Pretty much every time any article posted on HN points out how Company X is misbehaving the thread is flooded with “But... but... Company Y does it, too!” It’s like the SV bubble falls back on the logic of a five-year-old whenever they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by chillacy on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:20PM (#19042018)

This happened with Apple too in the past when the news reported on the working conditions at Foxconn. But to be fair if two 5-year-old kids threw trash on the ground and the adults only punished one of them... you can imagine what happens.

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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by pertymcpert on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:31PM (#19041141)

Yes, Same thing with any criticism of China.

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