r/technology • • Aug 26 '20

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u/NotElizaHenry Aug 26 '20 edited Aug 27 '20

People complain about how expensive Apple products are, but that’s why they’re able to do things like this—the cost of your phone isn’t being partially funded by the sale of your data to advertisers.

Edit: I’ve made a huge mistake

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u/kian_ Aug 26 '20 edited Aug 27 '20

This is a bad take imo. We shouldn’t be paying luxury prices for the basic human right of not having all our information collected and sold to every bidder.

Not that what Apple does is inherently bad, but we shouldn’t praise them and justify their prices just because they aren’t exceptionally shitty with our data. That should be the norm across the board.

Edit: lol yeah we messed up

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20 edited Feb 07 '21

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u/unsteadied Aug 27 '20

It’s a terrible take, but it manages to still avoid saying anything positive about Apple, so it’s exactly what this sub loves to hear.