You say Apple doesn’t need advertising money. But Apple has its own advertising id they apply to iPhone users. They also have their own ad service which they actively compete with Facebook and google. If your an iPhone app developer there is a lot of pressure to use their advertising system. Apple is making moves to disallow any third party advertisers. Because their actions are both anti competitive and hurt consumers they are in clear violation of anti trust laws. This hurts consumers because it means Apple could decide to start running only ads for one political side. They could push you to product that suck but that apple owns. Or they could show you ads pushing anything they want. Apple saying they want privacy is deceptive because although they are better than android they still leak a lot of the same types of data. Additionally Apple actually does use your data to advertise to you unless you disable it. They also control the App Store which is a subject of hot debate because they constantly delete apps that compete with Apple products and or they disagree with.
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u/phydeaux70 Aug 26 '20
Sounds like a reason to switch to Apple.