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> "Taking Apple's word on it" is not a valid privacy strategy.

I respectfully disagree.

If Apple says "we don't do X", and then is shown to do X, that would be a massive PR disaster.

Whereas Amazon makes no privacy promises at all. In fact, they promise the opposite.

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You're right, it was: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-con...

This was changed as far as I know. Do you have evidence otherwise?

Claiming that whatever has not been proven false must be true is the exact opposite of how it works.

We have evidence and even admittance of abuse / improper handling in the past, but I'm unable to find any evidence that things have changed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance

It seems like it was changed.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/08/28/apple-apologizes-for-lis...

I was just asking a question, I wasn’t attempting some sort of gotcha. I really don’t care that much.

Do you have evidence that they changed it?

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/08/28/apple-apologizes-for-lis...

This. Is there any reason I should think this is not accurate?

Granted that Amazon doesn't pretend too much to not be spying on you. Carefully read Apple's policies and statements to see where they give themselves plenty of wiggle room. Unfortunately most consumers' knowledge is no match for their PR and legal team's. Apple markets their products on privacy, but countless studies and analysis finds this to be a lot of theater.

What’s the strongest evidence you have that proves this?

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