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This is true, but Apple touts how much better they are about Privacy, and charges a premium for it. Google is more up front that they make little money on the initial sale, and are dependent on advertising to make money.



> Privacy is built in from the beginning. Our products and features include innovative privacy technologies and techniques designed to minimize how much of your data we — or anyone else — can access

https://www.apple.com/privacy/features/

Apple sells privacy, brags about privacy - yet Privacy is abused in from the beginning in the store apps.


And the lesson is - you can't buy privacy but you can sell it.


No. Apple charged a premium well before they started talking about privacy.




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