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> Though I think apples "pro privacy" stance is likely just a happy accident I tend to agree.

Don’t underestimate the lure of ad money, even to a company as large as Apple. They realize the second you start taking ad money your customers are no longer your customers, but your product.

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I think his point about the "happy accident" is that iAds failed and that's part of why Apple is now "pro privacy."

This seems backwards though. iAds failed because Apple was pro-privacy - iAds targeting features essentially didn't exist because they didn't collect any data.

Yep, the saying is generally that if you don't pay for something, you're the product.

But I've noticed that more and more, even when you do pay for something there's a good chance your data will still get sold.

Yep. See also: Every credit card transaction you make.

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