Apple makes money on hardware and a 30% tax on developers. They might have some goodwill but are not making any money on privacy.
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.
They only get 2.5% of their revenue from app store transactions.