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Google's Web DRM is Worse than I Thought... (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Apple will follow suit: don't be taken in by the 'we love our customers' nonsense they like to present. They make billions in selling ads too, they just do it a little more quietly than Google.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Agreed. Apples stance on privacy is more about PR and keeping ad competitors at a disadvantage on their platform than actual privacy. Only reason they might not fall in line is if they feel there is enough public opposition to it to get some PR and make Google look bad. Not too optimistic on that though since most people are oblivious to the issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They don't sell ads on the web though, so I don't see how this would be related.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I kinda have two answers to this:

    1. Not yet,

    2. It was more an intent to show that they're not some shining defender of the ad-free private internet, who would never take action to defend a potential future revenue stream if they thought it might be profitable later.

    Remember everyone, corporations are not your friends, your buddy, your pal, or even slightly gives a shit about you beyond how much money they can extract from your wallet and anything that's in the way of them doing so they'll work around, stomp on, and kill by any means necessary.

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