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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

More like

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

Linux .... you guys make money spying?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

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

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

They are themselves an ad company though.

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