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Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to privacy concerns

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428 points coronadisaster | 3 comments | 29 Jun 20 10:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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dancemethis ◴[29 Jun 20 18:38 UTC] No.23680809[source]▶
Cute how Apple wants to make their "users" believe they have an exclusive deal on breaching their privacy.
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1. threeseed ◴[29 Jun 20 20:34 UTC] No.23682563[source]▶
What possible motivation would Apple have for doing this.

They aren't an advertising company and they make money from selling hardware not from selling data.

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2. cromwellian ◴[29 Jun 20 21:26 UTC] No.23683311[source]▶
Apple has been increasing displaying rent seeking behavior more and more recently. They're not just trying to make money from HW.
3. coronadisaster ◴[30 Jun 20 03:33 UTC] No.23686253[source]▶
Im pretty sure that the NSA pays Apple for the data that they get but I am unsure if Apple sells it to anyone else.