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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by nl on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:24PM (#24891077)
> [0]Only 22% of consumers say they are okay with having their information collected indiscriminately by websites to provide a better experience.

That isn't a quote from the referenced link. The quote is "Only 22 percent of consumers agreed that they would be willing to hand over personal data to improve experiences." - which is quite a different thing.

I'm not happy to hand over personal data to improve experiences. But I'm very happy for Google to track what searches I do to improve their results.

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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by Grimm1 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:31PM (#24891130)
Uhhhhh but you hand over way more if you use google services.

Your right it's not a quote I didn't quote it, notice the lack of quotes. I'm also not sure how you are splitting hairs over "information collected indiscriminately" which would be a superset including personal data.

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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by Grimm1 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:36PM (#24891185)
Like maybe it's not clear but google turns around and uses your information in search for ad targeting as well. You don't just improve search which would be largely innocuous but that's not their business.
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