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Apple can monetise user data by keeping it private and offering privacy as a feature to drive hardware sales/margins. I don't know for sure if this is their bu
by explodingman 6y ago
Apple can monetise user data by keeping it private and offering privacy as a feature to drive hardware sales/margins.
I don't know for sure if this is their business model. I think it is, and it makes sense as a strategy.
- ehsankia 6y ago> I don't know for sure if this is their business model. That's the point, and you also don't know for sure what Google's business model with the health data will be either. The GP post I was replying said that it was obvious Google was monetizing the data, and implying that it was therefore bad. My point is that if monetizing health data is inherently bad, then so is what Apple is doing.
- Talanes 6y agoWas that the implication? I got more of a "Of course they will monetize it, that's how corporations handle assets" vibe. Because monetize is a meaningless word here. Unless Google suddenly decides to go against their fiduciary responsibility and purposefully lose money, any use of the data is going to be somehow monetizing it.