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		freeone3000 on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting wa... One could argue that Apple and Microsoft are not as bad, because Apple and Microsoft sell products, not advertisements.

Applejinx on March 20, 2018 [–]

Apple wants to be a walled garden. Can't be a walled garden without walls: their self-interest and marketing direction lies elsewhere. Also, in the case of the iPhone, hardware is the product, and in the case of the app store, the devs and apps are the product (some of the time, anyway).

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