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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by Bud on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:57PM (#26960708)
You mean the business practices wherein Apple is 10x better on privacy than everyone else to the point that Facebook and Google are now being forced to be honest with users, disclose all the user data they are stealing and selling, and disclose all the privacy and security risks inherent in their business models?

Sign me up for more of those kinds of "business practices", thank you very much.

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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by skinnymuch on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:04PM (#26960785)
Apple is reportedly beefing up their mobile ads business. Hard to say privacy is the reason when Apple immediately attempts to benefit directly financially and likely with some privacy hits.
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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by Bud on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:13PM (#26960918)
Would be helpful if you could support this with some links and evidence. I monitor this issue a lot, and haven't seen anything that presents added privacy risks, at least not yet.
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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by dep_b on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:41PM (#26961219)
Might be referring to App Store ads
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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by Angostura on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:02PM (#26963088)
It depends entirely on how they beef up their ads, doesn't it?
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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by GeekyBear on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:37PM (#26975135)
Ad targeting doesn't have to be based on violating the privacy of everyone on the planet. Surveillance Capitalism is just the business model that was chosen by Facebook and Google.

Ad targeting can be based entirely on the content of the page where the ad appears.

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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by fumar on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:28PM (#26964295)
The last I read Apple plans to add or expand one more ad slot on the App Store. Is there a bigger ads initiative?
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