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Google's new rules could wipe out sideloading and alternative app stores, F-Droid warns
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"privacy first" - yeah right. it's commonly known that Apple harvests a shitton of data on both iOS and macOS, not much different from Google or Microsoft. If you want a modicum of privacy, GrapheneOS on Pixel phones is an option. you can get last year's model for below €500 (new and unused)
They do collect data, but they aren't data brokers, they aren't selling it to the highest bidder, like Google does.
I think the scary thing about Apple is, we don't know where they're gonna go. Right now the assumption is (from our side) that they are still a computer company first and they want to keep the data to make their products better, but that might be naive and overly optimistic. With Google, we know where they stand. So they're less scary maybe? To some? I dunno. Call me what you will, but I still think of Apple as that old school computer company, just with some services now (e.g. Apple Music, TV+, etc.).