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SpyingOS (lemmy.ml)
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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

Linux .... you guys make money spying?

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

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

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

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 1 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

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

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

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

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 day 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.

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