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Apple's Unwillingness to Share User Info Said to Hinder iAd Sales
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Apple's Unwillingness to Share User Info Said to Hinder iAd Sales
Meanwhile in Opposite World, news is that Google's Willingness to Share User Info is Said to Boost Google Ad Revenue
Because they are a private company in a capitalist economy? I don't necessarily do agree with your argument, but I'm not seeing any point to this sentence.
Of course, just like Apple, Google just wants to make money. It's obviously always about profit.
They aren't bring "nice" to anybody. And they aren't front companies for Dr. Evil...
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Also GDirectLinks so Google can't track my search result clicks. And that is purely because I don't want redirect links spamming my history.
Talk about cherry picking. I could pick a date in say, early 2009, and that would show AAPL way, way, way outperforming GOOG by several hundred percent.
Headline: Ad agencies are angry that Apple won't help companies spy on consumers. One company was quoted as saying if the NSA can know when you're taking a leak, we should know too!
We are all deeply enmeshed in Apples ecosystem. They have our full names, physical address, phone number, credit card info etc. All required to participate via our Apple ID, the App Store, iTunes, et al. That's all they need.
If we use an iPhone, that's the privacy trackers dream. Same for any other smartphone. We're on the web, email and everyone other than a few of us, are on Facebook.
Privacy is long gone, why everyone seems to think Apple is safer than the rest is sheer ignorance. Who cares, it's not like one can live without a presence on the web or online without major inconvenience.
Finally as I've stated numerous times, big data corporations like http://acxiom.com/ make the tech companies look like novices.
Get into acceptance it's out of our control.
And wouldn't that also be cherry picking?
Good job at totally missing the point. Bravo.
You are proud of this?
Send me your name. In one week I will mail you a packet of information that will have so much detail about your life that it will curdle your blood.
I'll send you my name. And you will not find the same info on me. Not even close.
Why? Because that is how I choose to be - private. I am careful of how I use the Internet, what I throw in the trash, or use in a store. Because I can, and because it is important to me.
You can surrender all you want. Don't expect me to participate.
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Please post your full name, physical address, phone number, credit card info etc. here so we can verify your identity.
You seem to gloss over one very important word - PARTICIPATE - because that is what you have to do if you want to surrender yourself the way you have.
You are missing the specific point that Apple chooses not to participate in this blindingly dangerous proposition that identity and privacy are more valuable when sold than when kept.
Doesn't seem to be too bad when developers of poorly made games like flappy bird get $50,000 USD a day from ads. I'd say iADs is doing just fine. Besides between Amazon, Google and Facebook advertisers already know enough about me. Though I have to say out of all of them Amazon knows me best and does a splendid job of showing me things I will actually buy.
And that is stupid, because it doesn't make the ads go away, only make them pointless and annoying because totally untargeted.
If Google is so evil, why are they doing so well? Why do millions upon millions of people use their web services if they're just in to make money off people and nothing else.
Originally Posted by Krimsonmyst
Because google offers free and nothing beats free in the consumer world. Of course until free breaks then be ready for an assault on "why is this broken?!?" I mean I paid good identity money for this free service! I personally like to pay developers for apps without ads. I purchased a panasonic smart tv at Christmas and there were ads in the main menu which I didn't realize until I got home and there was no way to get rid of them, I took it back. No way I was spending 1200 for a tv with ads I couldn't get rid of. My option was to either get generic ads or submit more info to them so I could have tailored ads. Epic fail. Love me some Apple! They do their own direct marketing but I actually like their products.
Originally Posted by Krimsonmyst
Because google offers free and nothing beats free in the consumer world. Of course until free breaks then be ready for an assault on "why is this broken?!?" I mean I paid good identity money for this free service! I personally like to pay developers for apps without ads. I purchased a panasonic smart tv at Christmas and there were ads in the main menu which I didn't realize until I got home and there was no way to get rid of them, I took it back. No way I was spending 1200 for a tv with ads I couldn't get rid of. My option was to either get generic ads or submit more info to them so I could have tailored ads. Epic fail. Love me some Apple! They do their own direct marketing but I actually like their products.
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Apple never had.....
a pleasant or amenable approach to share.....No technology, no earnings and no too prone to share information....So, I think the masterminds in Cupertino have not given deep tought to this iAd connundrum or the solutions in hand dont please them. But when they realize the amount of money they are losing, maybe they come with a nice solution....As final tought, I think situations like this show to the fanboys that Apple is a no so perfect company.....
a pleasant or amenable approach to share.....No technology, no earnings and no too prone to share information....So, I think the masterminds in Cupertino have not given deep tought to this iAd connundrum or the solutions in hand dont please them. But when they realize the amount of money they are losing, maybe they come with a nice solution....As final tought, I think situations like this show to the fanboys that Apple is a no so perfect company.....
Not perfect, but at least they are keeping the data I choose to share with them...with them. They are not selling it or selling me. I appreciate that.
Have you ever noticed that all of Apple's products come with a selectable warning about collecting your information, and giving you the opportunity to opt-out? Conversely, have you ever seen Google offer that option - or even admit that they are collecting data that has absolutely NOTHING to do with what you would expect?
How many times has Google been forced to admit that they are indeed doing something they said they were not doing?
Maybe...just maybe... Apple is trying to set an example of corporate responsibility. Whenever a corporation's data is breached or exposed, fingers get pointed in all directions - the processing company, the ad company, etc - but few are ever held accountable for that data breach bringing misery to thousands or millions of people who have to re-set their identity. Maybe Apple is trying to set the example that, if a company wants to target customers using data mined from those same customers, the company ought to have the responsibility to keep it appropriate, safe, and reasonable.
Just a thought.
My heart bleeds lumpy custard for you.
I give certain information to suppliers to enable me to interact with them, not advertisers.
The more intrusive advertisers get, the more false information I supply, so the "information" you acquire is garbage.