The difference between Apple vs Google is that with Apple you ARE the ad. They don't need advertising when they know people will adopt them and then be forced into their ecosystem.
I’m not sure what you are trying to say here. Even if that was true, my point was that an ad driven business like Google, would be incentivized to monetize all the aspects of my life they could have access to. If that’s not what Apple is doing, compared to Google, then that’s a win I guess?
Apple's core business is trapping users into their walled garden so they can rent seek.
Whichever one you think is worse is really just a reflection of your own personal values. I value computing freedom above all.
> Apple's core business is trapping users into their walled garden so they can rent seek.
Apple’s core business is selling hardware. Their services revenue is not even close to their hardware revenue.
Yes, trapping users into their walled hardware garden so they can rent seek.
You buy a phone, and you're forever forced into buying only their peripherals.
> I value computing freedom above all.
So perhaps you should consider switching to GNU/Linux phones.
The difference between Apple vs Google is that with Apple you ARE the ad. They don't need advertising when they know people will adopt them and then be forced into their ecosystem.
I’m not sure what you are trying to say here. Even if that was true, my point was that an ad driven business like Google, would be incentivized to monetize all the aspects of my life they could have access to. If that’s not what Apple is doing, compared to Google, then that’s a win I guess?
> would be incentivized to monetize all the aspects of my life they could have access to
You're literally describing Apple's business model.
One should read, carefully, the Apple EULA and TOS.
Is it worse than Google?