Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on...
by sagarm on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:27PM
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After all, Apple users are the product. They even pay for the privilege!
Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on...
by xwolfi on Thursday February 15, 2024 @11:52PM
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They are a cash flow generating financial product, like a bond ETF. Apple packages users, resell them to the highest bidder, and interest is collected as return on investment from the payments users make.
Ofc, like a bond, a user pays for a reason: he gets something out of the facility provided by Apple, in kind.
Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on...
by sunshinerag on Friday February 16, 2024 @06:39AM
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Apple users are not products. That would be Google/chrome/android users
In one sense, sure.
But in another sense Edge taking Chrome's tabs means Microsoft is getting insight into Google's data. A lot of Apple's defenses seem really targeted at reducing the ability of Microsoft, Google, and Meta to extract value from Apple's users. Apple sees the union of all the app data, but their competitors can't put together that picture. So in that sense, Edge eating Chrome data may be the sort of thing they're looking to prevent.