Note that the only data tracking Apple was caught doing was in iOS, not macOS, but there are many signs that Apple collects aggregated usage data in macOS (which probably cannot be later reduced to expose the behavior of any single customer).
2021 Jun 7:
> "Anyone opting out of tracking right now is basically having the
> same level of data collected as they were before. Apple hasn't
> actually deterred the behavior that they have called out as being
> so reprehensible, so they are kind of complicit in it happening,"
> Seufert explained.
Apple did finally close this loophole in iOS 14.5, causing Facebook to lose what some analysts think was ~$10 Billion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier_for_Advertisers - however, by March 18, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg stated that it could actually encourage advertisers to use the explicit targetting and tracking happening on facebook, and he made it sound like a win-win.
2022 Nov 8:
> The recent changes that Apple has made to App Store ads should
> raise many #privacy concerns. It seems that the #AppStore app
> on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple. This
> data is sent in one request: (data usage & personalized ads are off)
Thanks for all the details. The App Store app bit is a very bad look. The rest seems on the up and up, or at least isn't the OS phoning home your personal data.
I'm inclined to think the quote only meant to claim that Windows and macOS try to lock you in, and that Linux doesn't steal your personal data. The sentence structure is ambiguous.
2021 Jun 7:
* https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/07/apps-continuing-to-trac...Apple did finally close this loophole in iOS 14.5, causing Facebook to lose what some analysts think was ~$10 Billion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier_for_Advertisers - however, by March 18, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg stated that it could actually encourage advertisers to use the explicit targetting and tracking happening on facebook, and he made it sound like a win-win.
2022 Nov 8:
* https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-whe...* https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-ov...