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minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·1 month agoapple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.
minus-squarehangonasecond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoApple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it’s only ~1% of Google’s ad business buts still technically billions
minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThey are themselves an ad company though.
minus-squareZamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoYes, they do. They’re just better at pretending they don’t.
apple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.
Apple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it’s only ~1% of Google’s ad business buts still technically billions
That’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.
They are themselves an ad company though.
Yes, they do. They’re just better at pretending they don’t.