News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In by Barrin92 on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:30PM (#20718100)
Given that only I can see that data (which is even stated on that very webpage), no I don't consider it intrusive. If the provision of basic services by Google to me without third parties is intrusive, then ios is intrusive in the very same way because it is 'apple's data collection apparatus'. Apple, like Google collects a vast amount of data on its users.

And in addition i'm sure you're aware that google paid apple 9 billion last year to make it the standard search engine in apple's safari browser. Just a week ago we learned that apple stores significant amounts of its icloud userdata on third party servers despite not disclosing that fact to its users. (related article: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/apple...)

So if shoving vast amounts of data through the Google ecosystem is your definition of intrusion, you can add apple to the list.

Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In by thekyle on Friday August 16, 2019 @07:40PM (#20720743)
I think it's important to also remember that you can use Android without any of the Google services since it's open source. The same can't be said of iOS.
Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In by alanbernstein on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:48AM (#20722130)
Of course you're welcome to use any meaning of "intrusive" you like. I don't see any problem with having both Apple and Google, and many others, on that list.