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Re:WeatherKit by cma on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:38AM (#31965371)
It is possible they don't get 30% cuts of any of that sale of info so want it out to avoid contagion ("but they dont pay 30% on X" spreads to "I don't want to pay 30% on Y and maybe we'll go to court over it").

Based on the emails that have come out from various trials, they want a 30% cut of everything, eventually including real world services mediated through the phone.

Re:WeatherKit by threeseed on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:47AM (#31965409)
App Store is 14 years old. If Apple wanted to take a cut of literally everything that was facilitated using the phone e.g. Amazon or eBay they would've done it a long time ago.

The benefit to Apple is the same reason that Google invests in Project Zero.

Higher consumer confidence that a product is safe = higher engagement = higher revenue.

Re:WeatherKit by cma on Sunday July 03, 2022 @02:24AM (#31965555)
Here are a few of the emails I was mentioning:

https://www.twitter.com/techemails/status/148133934582287974...