Apple can monetise user data by keeping it private and offering privacy as a feature to drive hardware sales/margins.
I don't know for sure if this is their business model. I think it is, and it makes sense as a strategy.
I don't know for sure if this is their business model. I think it is, and it makes sense as a strategy.
That's the point, and you also don't know for sure what Google's business model with the health data will be either.
The GP post I was replying said that it was obvious Google was monetizing the data, and implying that it was therefore bad. My point is that if monetizing health data is inherently bad, then so is what Apple is doing.
Because monetize is a meaningless word here. Unless Google suddenly decides to go against their fiduciary responsibility and purposefully lose money, any use of the data is going to be somehow monetizing it.