iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video]

Re:iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video] by mattkevan on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:36AM (#19910528)

This model of Pixels seem to be designed as a low-cost entry point to Google's data-hoover. A profit on each handset, while nice, is not the focus as your information is where the money's made.

Unlike Apple, which won't make any more money off of you unless you sign up for a service.

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Re:iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video] by lern_too_spel on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:45AM (#19910605)

Apple collects the same data. It just provides less usefulness to the user with it.

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Re:iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video] by mattkevan on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:05PM (#19910777)

Or use it for ad targeting and much else Google uses it for.

For example Apple's machine learning processing happens on-device, rather than on Google's servers.

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Re:iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video] by lern_too_spel on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @07:52PM (#19915015)

Gboard's machine learning also doesn't send what you type up to Google. There's no practical difference. Apple iPhoto sharing also stores photos on the server but just does an embarrassingly worse job of being useful. Similarly with iCloud Mail and collaboration suite versus Google's.

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Re:iFixit Pixel 3a XL teardown [video] by threatofrain on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:23PM (#19911484)

But doesn’t Siri require internet connection for all requests?

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