“Ask: how do companies make money…follow the money.” You are not our product says @tim_cook
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Apple’s competitive advantage over Microsoft was user experience; it’s competitive advantage over Google is privacy. Will prove as pivotal.
And UX and privacy are intimately related.
A spyware company like Google has to design for two audiences with orthogonal needs—that’s a huge UX handicap compared to designing for one.
@aral Apple has a vested interest in keeping customers happy, so they’ll keep buying $600 phones…
@LewisDorigo Yes. I love those vested interests: let’s create great products. Google’s vested interests: let’s farm people and mine them.
@aral then what Microsoft is doing? @_imdcrazyone
@aral I don't think you understand what spying means.
@aral Realistically they'd be fine with just Adwords alone.
@aral Google et al. has a vested interest in getting user data, to keep the advertisers happy, so they’ll keep buying ads.
@aral The fact that Apple makes their money off of people buying their things makes their priorities different…
@aral Googles services are free mostly so it's a matter of business models. Apple wouldn't run for long if all their services were free.
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