Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation

Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by ClumsyPilot on Saturday June 11, 2022 @08:45AM (#31704055)

> This is primarily for privacy and security reasons

So we don't buy this as an excuse when government use it to justify searching your house without probable cause or silencing dissent.

But when a private company uses same excuse, somehow are we cool with it?

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by isodev on Saturday June 11, 2022 @09:42AM (#31704350)

I don’t see how your analogy applies here. If anything you are making my point - by imposing some restrictions on third parties, users are not exposed to random companies sniffing their web browsing habits.

At this time there is but one of the FAANG(M) companies that has no commercial use for user data. This is Apple. You can see this reflected well in their products where we see hardware and software services that prioritise on-device processing + strict regulation for app developers not to abuse user trust.

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