hammeroftruth

Looks like the EU has been busy pretending they’re the Daleks and forcing Apple to “Obey!”

I don’t understand how withholding features can be anti-competitive. IMHO that would be more competitive as others would fill the void that Apple has created. 

gatorguy said:

kamyk35 said:

Privacy considerations

Google has addressed potential privacy concerns with Ask Photos. The company assures users that their photo data won't be used for advertising.

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Are there people that really believe that?

There sure are.

Lawyers are anxiously waiting in the wings to sue Google for $Billions if there's any indication they're lying. 

I think the mistrust goes back to 2012 when they agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented to users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Internet browser that it would not place tracking “cookies” or serve targeted ads to those users, violating an earlier privacy settlement between the company and the FTC.

Source:  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2012/08/google-will-pay-225-million-settle-ftc-charges-it-misrepresented-privacy-assurances-users-apples

The irony is my friend who works at an Apple Store has mentioned that customers who don’t know what those indicators are, claim Apple is listening to their conversations. 🤦 

It was very shortsighted to make products like this without having field tested them and if they did, Apple should be ashamed of themselves for trying to convince the public that finewoven was a suitable alternative to leather.