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Re:Apple is not your friend by CraneWorm on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:57AM (#21212336)
> Apple makes money on their HW and their media sales and application sales.

I don't see why they can't make some extra by making you the product as well.

Also, people who are into Apple are known to be willing to pay for stuff. A very lucrative group for everyone.

Re:Apple is not your friend by sjwright on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:10AM (#21212401)
Please, be serious for a moment. It would have to be an amount of money to be worth the risk and therefore show up in quarterlies. Also there would have to be a buyer. And there would have to be a bunch of companies Apple shopped their data to. And thousands of employees and ex-employees. You really think Apple could keep a thousand ex-employees quiet? Think about it for a moment—if they were doing it, its leaking would be a certainty.

And if it leaked, Apple would be in very deep doo-doo with easily the largest class action the company has ever been hit with. It would be an unacceptable risk to even contemplate such a stupid idea. All for what, a few extra pennies?

Re:Apple is not your friend by panpanna on Thursday October 10, 2019 @07:46AM (#21213318)
HP is making money on HW. They are also making money from your data.

Adobe is making money from selling software. They also make money from their telemetry system.

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