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DOJ seeks to break up Google ad business after illegal monopoly ruling
Alex_V said:
Do you have any evidence for that? I’ve never heard of anything of the sort, except that probably the Chinese state’s has user data from domestic companies, and maybe Russia too. The point is that Google, Facebook have more data on us than KGB or the East German Stasi had on their citizens, and it’s not a problem. I just don’t get it.beowulfschmidt said:
It's not so hard to understand when one finds out that the government buys that data from companies to make an end run around Constitutional restrictions on acquiring that data themselves, which requires judges and warrants.Google "government buying private data to avoid constitutional restrictions" if you need more.DuckDuckGo returns similar results.
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DOJ seeks to break up Google ad business after illegal monopoly ruling
Alex_V said:I find it astonishing that regulators are not addressing the problem of surveillance of private citizens by companies. The one notable exception is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s as if lawmakers and representatives around the world are utterly unaware of the appalling surveillance capitalism business model of companies like Google, Facebook, and others. I really think that is the problem: most people, including politicians, believe that Google and Facebook are giving out free lunches.
It's not so hard to understand when one finds out that the government buys that data from companies to make an end run around Constitutional restrictions on acquiring that data themselves, which requires judges and warrants.
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DeepSeek's iOS app sends unencrypted data to Chinese servers
This is the app some FBI personnel were allegedly found to be using. Brilliant.
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Epic Games shifts EU app store strategy after missing target by 71 million users
rezwits said:
What's funny is how SteamOS had NO F-ing PROBLEM competing with the AppStore what-so-ever! Amazing how they even created their own device and so on and so on!mattinoz said:They should get SteamOS running and include a AppleSilicon build give Game developers a single target for their store regardless of the host system of the hardware
What a marooooon...
2¢Except that Steam (SteamOS is an operating system, not a store) doesn't really "compete" with Apple's app store. They serve two different markets, with little overlap. Steam sells PC games, many of which also work on the multitude of handheld gaming machines that have hit the market since Steam Deck was released, which are basically lower powered PCs in a handheld form factor. Apple's store serves the phone and iPad market, along with Macs.The overwhelming majority of games for which Apple provides a platform are not in the same category as the ones Steam sells. Many Steam served games will run on a Mac, but looking at Steam's stats, which they publish every month, Steam on Mac OS comprises less than 2% of all users, with Windows at 96%. Even Linux beats out MacOS, at about 2.25% as of the last survey.As for non-gaming apps, again, there's no competition. Apple serves many apps in many categories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Steams servers up a few non-game apps, but the vast majority of those are gaming adjacent, such as Blender, along with a host of utilities that help controllers work better, provide aids in VR, and such.
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Apple's fix for bad AI notification summaries won't actually improve results
Wesley Hilliard said:You can turn off AI notifications on a per app basis, as was stated in the article. Developers can't opt out by default today, and maybe that can come in a later update, but users do have control over the feature. I personally don't understand the outrage towards this feature. I find it quite useful.
You don't understand why BBC is upset that Apple Intelligence is mischaracterizing BBC articles? How would you feel if someone summarized this very article as "Apple refuses to fix BBC article summaries"?
