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@tarekkoudsi No surprise there: Google’s business is selling people; Apple’s business is selling products. Most “techies” don’t grok that.
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@aral@tarekkoudsi Apple wants to 'sell people' like you call it as much as everyone else. Their attempts at it simply suck every time. -
@TheMarco Only if they’re idiots and want to give up a competitive advantage that their rival cannot compete on. So, no. +@tarekkoudsi -
@aral@tarekkoudsi Apple wants to collect and use user data as much as others. But yes they do also make hardware. Microsoft does too. -
@TheMarco Google: *makes money* by selling *user insight* to *3rd parties*. Apple: *makes money* by selling *products* to *users*. Not hard. -
@aral If you for think that Apple is somehow 'good' while the other companies you mentioned are evil in this context you're delusional. -
@TheMarco If you can’t understand a simple difference in business models, not much more I can say except perhaps Upton Sinclair was right. -
@aral D'oh. Point is that your beloved Apple is doing just as many 'evil' things as the others you're against. Just some of it different. -
@TheMarco (a) I don’t have a beloved Apple, I have a beloved Ind.ie (b) As a Google employee, I understand your need to rationalise
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