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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 19 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week 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 2 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They are themselves an ad company though.

[-] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

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

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 1 week 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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