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Why do most Americans use an iPhone?

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Okay, this is not an iPhone vs Android Phone debate. I respect your right to choose whichever platform that you want.

I mean, iPhone seems so antithetical with the idea of freedom. You have to connect it to a server to even use it, all apps have to go through a centralized server, no option to install whatever apps you want, which means, you literally cannot have any third-party apps without an online account.

Most of my fellow americans seems to love the idea of freedom so much, yet just buy into a closed ecosystem with no freedom? 🤔

Like almost 60% of Americans use iPhone, kinda weird to preach freedom when you cant even have an app without a corporation’s approval. If it were any other country, I wouldn’t find it weird, but for a country that’s obsessed with the idea of freedom (so much so that they disobeyed mask mandates), it’s really weird to be using a device with zero freedom.

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AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee
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I personally do not trust Google at all. Their entire business model is ads and tracking.

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Schorsch@feddit.org
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Apple is in no way better.

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AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee
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You’re not even making an argument, just an assertion. Are you by chance a software engineer? If you really understand what Google is doing on a technical level, there is no comparison. No they are not the same. No Apple is not just as bad. Just think about it, Google makes their money selling businesses ads. Apple makes their money selling you a phone. The incentives are very different.

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Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Apple also sells ads, their ad business just isn’t as big as google’s.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corebluetooth/advertising-data

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330127/apple-ad-revenue-worldwide/

In 2022, Apple generated 4.7 billion U.S. dollars with its global advertising business.

But sure, they’re not the same. Apple’s advertising is working on you.

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Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io
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I disagree. Apple might not be perfect, but it is better than Google when it comes to ads and tracking. I know my data is encrypted, both on the device and in my cloud. And in the App Store, it tells me exactly what data is being collected by the apps I choose to install.

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Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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https://securityaffairs.com/174500/security/apple-removes-icloud-encryption-in-uk.html

Oh yeah, they really care. I guess you can be sure it’s encrypted unless… *checks notes… governments require a backdoor.

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