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Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11.... by WA on Thursday January 14, 2021 @08:54AM (#25776252)
Or it wouldn’t really be that much more. How do you come up with hundreds of billions of dollars? Who are the buyers?
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Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11.... by dkonofalski on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:16AM (#25778141)
Advertisers. It's always advertisers.
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Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11.... by jjtheblunt on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:17AM (#25778151)
I believe it's based on Google's income derived from advertising, on financial statements.
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