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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

More like

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

Linux .... you guys make money spying?

[–] Num10ck 5 points 3 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] hangonasecond 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thekingoflorda 1 points 3 months ago

They are themselves an ad company though.

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