New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off

New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off

  • @Dupree878
    2•8 months ago

    I stopped using google completely several years ago. I deleted my accounts and information. I created a burner for YouTube since there’s no other option but otherwise I refuse any google software (and I use iOS).

    • @[email protected]
      -1•8 months ago

      Then apple is just collecting your data instead of google, they just give an illusion of better privacy. Both make most of their money from advertising.

      • @Dupree878
        1•8 months ago

        Apple doesn’t sell my data and information to third parties.

        I don’t see how they have much ad revenue, because none of the Apple apps have ads

        • @[email protected]
          1•8 months ago

          There are definitely ad supported apps on iOS, they also control the core of all browsers on iOS. Neither Apple or Google really sell data externally, they serve ads to their audience using algorithms trained off vast quantities of user data. Selling the raw data is a bad way to do it because you don’t have control over it after the first sale. Keeping it internal and selling your services is a much more lucrative way to do it if you have a big enough platform. Chromium is google’s way to spy on you online and serve ads, webkit is apple’s. Google allows non chromium browsers on android but apple requires that all iOS browsers are basically just a reskinned safari.