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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by IfOnlyYouKnew on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:21PM (#19049577)
If you agree that privacy has a certain value (and Google and Facebook obviously do which is why they paid for invading it) then it’s just a matter of degree from this to selling your kidney.

The argument is somewhat moot, anyway. Apple has simply decided that privacy is a tenet of their value proposition, that value is reflected in their contacts granting in-house certificates, and these companies broke the terms of these contracts.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by mrep on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:02PM (#19050329)
> Apple has simply decided that privacy is a tenet of their value proposition,

Yeah, that's just marketing. If they really cared, they wouldn't accept a 9 billion dollar payout per year to make Google the default search engine for IOS.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by IfOnlyYouKnew on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:07PM (#19050379)
See my other comment in this thread about the ineffectiveness of blanket cynicism to either effect change or make you appear so, so smart.
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