Comment by Tepix

All of these companies provide values, that's why they are so successful.

In particular (as opposed to Google), Apple is giving us products where the user isn't just an entity that you try to get as much data from as you can.

Without Apple we'd be stuck with tiny initiative such as GrapheneOS on mobile, limited to a small subset of apps and phones.

With AI, Apple is also being privacy conscious, i think they are doing interesting work with their private cloud compute setup.

But does it mean that Apple and Google should get a free pass? Hell no!