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SoftTalkerlast Thursday at 4:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

Apple makes money on hardware and a 30% tax on developers. They might have some goodwill but are not making any money on privacy.


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adastra22last Thursday at 5:58 PM

They only get 2.5% of their revenue from app store transactions.

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ChrisMarshallNYlast Thursday at 4:26 PM

Yup. But not on advertising.

I wasn't defending Apple. I was merely pointing out that one of these, is not like the other.

Like I said, it seems that we have a hard time understanding business models other than "Harvest and sell data." Posts like the GP, seem to reinforce this appearance.

Upton Sinclair is known for a quote, referencing this kind of thing.

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