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SpyingOS (lemmy.ml)
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

More like

Microsoft ... I make billions spying
Google .... I make billions spying
Apple .... I make billions spying

Linux .... you guys make money spying?

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Linux .... you guys make money ~~spying~~?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

apple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it's only ~1% of Google's ad business buts still technically billions

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They are themselves an ad company though.

[–] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

Yes, they do. They're just better at pretending they don't.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Facebook doesn't need to spy, the users give it up willingly.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They also spy, because just a few billion isn't enough

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 11 months ago

This is the correct answer. Facebook has third-party scripts all over the internet. I wish people would understand this — just because you’re not a Facebook user doesn’t mean Facebook (or anyone else) doesn’t track you.

I’m not sure about Facebook but tons of trackers are in apps too so the typical “use an adblocker” grumble isn’t even accurate either.