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Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone

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115 points miles | 1 comments | 14 Aug 22 18:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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tailspin2019 ◴[14 Aug 22 19:04 UTC] No.32461939[source]▶
Apple needs to be very careful that they don’t erode the things that most differentiate them from their competition.
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random314 ◴[14 Aug 22 22:08 UTC] No.32463463[source]▶
You are very mistaken if you think Apples recent "privacy" push wasn't about taking over advertising revenue from Facebook, Google, snap and tiktok
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rising-sky ◴[14 Aug 22 22:13 UTC] No.32463515[source]▶
They could have done that without a so called "privacy push", they "own" the device and if they chose to, could provide advertisers a level of targeting that the mentioned entities cannot match without resorting to privacy as a red herring
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1. random314 ◴[14 Aug 22 22:35 UTC] No.32463722[source]▶
No, they can't provide better targeting than Google/fb. Taking out competitors makes it a lot easier to seek rent.