← Back to context Comment by bigyabai 20 hours ago All of FAANG is, if we're being cynically reductive. 8 comments bigyabai Reply dbmnt 16 hours ago Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money. wooger 9 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value. fsflover 11 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511 dns_snek 12 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware. delfinom 4 hours ago Apple's own TOS allows them to datamine your data to sell you ads the same as anyone else. bigyabai 16 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 14 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
dbmnt 16 hours ago Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money. wooger 9 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value. fsflover 11 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511 dns_snek 12 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware. delfinom 4 hours ago Apple's own TOS allows them to datamine your data to sell you ads the same as anyone else. bigyabai 16 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 14 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
wooger 9 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value.
fsflover 11 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511
dns_snek 12 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware.
delfinom 4 hours ago Apple's own TOS allows them to datamine your data to sell you ads the same as anyone else.
bigyabai 16 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 14 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
devsda 14 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money.
It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value.
You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511
As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware.
Apple's own TOS allows them to datamine your data to sell you ads the same as anyone else.
I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive.
Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?
Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others.
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