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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1625180" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>I don't, for a second, suggest that I'm naive to Google's data collection. I am very well aware that the business model the company is built on is premised on user data collection. However, I think it is unfair to assume that everything that they do involves collecting personal data especially, as per the example of Chrome, there is little evidence to suggest that's the case.</p><p></p><p>I think it's also a little troublesome to assume that Apple should be free from critique. They can say what they like but they amass a tremendous amount of data from their users. Apple collects data from your devices constantly and however much it might be anonymized, they still reap the benefits of having information on me. For example, I quote the following two statements from Apple's privacy policy:</p><p>Or, more jarring:Without question, Apple admits to using data about myself for their own business gains. Sure, this is different than Google which might be more likely to disseminate my information but the end consequence is the same - a business is using information about my uses of their products (also of note - Apple uses data about me for advertising purposes).</p><p></p><p>I'm not out to defend Google or blame Apple - I like both and have issue with data collection on the part of each respective company. As such, I think it's dangerous to place blame entirely in one camp while allowing the other to escape necessary critique. Then again, I'm a naturally critical person and have issue with my data being used for the purposes of gains elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1625180, member: 71075"] I don't, for a second, suggest that I'm naive to Google's data collection. I am very well aware that the business model the company is built on is premised on user data collection. However, I think it is unfair to assume that everything that they do involves collecting personal data especially, as per the example of Chrome, there is little evidence to suggest that's the case. I think it's also a little troublesome to assume that Apple should be free from critique. They can say what they like but they amass a tremendous amount of data from their users. Apple collects data from your devices constantly and however much it might be anonymized, they still reap the benefits of having information on me. For example, I quote the following two statements from Apple's privacy policy: Or, more jarring:Without question, Apple admits to using data about myself for their own business gains. Sure, this is different than Google which might be more likely to disseminate my information but the end consequence is the same - a business is using information about my uses of their products (also of note - Apple uses data about me for advertising purposes). I'm not out to defend Google or blame Apple - I like both and have issue with data collection on the part of each respective company. As such, I think it's dangerous to place blame entirely in one camp while allowing the other to escape necessary critique. Then again, I'm a naturally critical person and have issue with my data being used for the purposes of gains elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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