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modeless ◴[] No.36864935[source]
Yesterday, the sentiment on Google's early proposal was "company breakups start to make a lot of sense", "Go f yourself, Google", "It's maddening and saddening", "[the people involved] reputations are fully gone from this".

Today it turns out Apple not only proposed but implemented and shipped the actual feature last year. "It could be an interesting opportunity to reboot a few long-lost dreams". "I kind of get both sides here". "I guess I personally come down to leaving this turned on in Safari for now, and seeing what happens". Granted, the overall sentiment is still negative but the difference in tone is stark. The reality distortion field is alive and well, folks.

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ryukoposting ◴[] No.36876486[source]
I am perplexed by the mindset that leads people to believe Apple is more interested in privacy than Google. Is it the ads they run?
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1. philwelch ◴[] No.36876875[source]
Apple makes money by selling goods and services. Google is in the business of targeted advertising. So they have diametrically opposed incentives wrt privacy.
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2. smcleod ◴[] No.36878373[source]
I’m always amazed when people don’t get this. It’s like they’ve bought into Google as part of their identity so much that they are in denial with regards to how Google make their money.
3. fsflover ◴[] No.36890338[source]
They both collect a lot of "telemetry" [0] and sell ads [1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32461690, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28897027.