Google & Apple

webecedarian · Today, 10:44 AM

I don't understand why so many people use Google in the first place. I find Bing works so much better. And, as a company, Google has shows itself to be so creepy.

How Companies Like Google Control Our Privacy
This Is Why Google Paid Billions for Apple to Change a Single Setting
By Zeynep Tufekci

Companies expect users to accept what they’re given, not know their options or not have the constant vigilance required to keep track of the available options, however limited they may be. Since the power in the industry is concentrated among few gatekeepers, and the technology is opaque and its consequences hard to foresee, default settings are some of the most important ways for companies to keep collecting and using data as they want.
So, how much are default settings worth?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/o...e-privacy.html

Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/google-p...n-your-iphone/

Today, 10:44 AM	#1
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 485	Google & Apple I don't understand why so many people use Google in the first place. I find Bing works so much better. And, as a company, Google has shows itself to be so creepy. How Companies Like Google Control Our Privacy This Is Why Google Paid Billions for Apple to Change a Single Setting By Zeynep Tufekci Companies expect users to accept what they’re given, not know their options or not have the constant vigilance required to keep track of the available options, however limited they may be. Since the power in the industry is concentrated among few gatekeepers, and the technology is opaque and its consequences hard to foresee, default settings are some of the most important ways for companies to keep collecting and using data as they want. So, how much are default settings worth? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/o...e-privacy.html Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone? Wired https://www.wired.com/story/google-p...n-your-iphone/