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Apple slams Android as a 'massive tracking device' in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle (www.theregister.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 64 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

pot calling the kettle black are we

(I just googled this phrase since to be honest I didn't know its origins and I really prefer the 1639 version "Pot calling the pan burnt-arsed" now)

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 10 months ago

“Pot calling the pan burnt-arsed”

Now the phrase makes a lot more sense

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

Pot calling the pan burnt-arsed

Thank you for this!

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 4 points 10 months ago

We have a phrase in Romanian: shard laughing at the broken pot

[–] Skies5394@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Slides from 20 years ago.

This is news, yes, especially considering that Apple made a deal with the devil considering its new self-reported bloom as privacy focused.

But news headlines are acting like Apple just said this today, and that is complete headline bait.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

10 years ago, I dont think android was released on 2003.

The 2013-era slides describe, in typical modest fashion for Apple, its overall approach at the time to privacy.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yet Apple gladly takes billions from Google so that they remain the default search engine.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Yes it's all business.

Partnership team finds the biggest bidder for the default search.

Marketing teams find the best argument against their biggest competitor.

At no point anyone is pondering if Google is "good" or "bad" because companies typically don't care.

[–] lisko@sopuli.xyz 21 points 10 months ago

Says Apple lol

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

eh, anything Apple says about direct competition is a lie. every time

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, in this case, it is a lie of omission. It is true that Android devices are massive trackers. But, so are Apple devices.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depends which Android devices. I don't have any unlatched Google apps in my phone

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

True. Me too. The fact that you can degoogle some Android phones while you cannot de-apple iphones makes the lie of omission particularly vicious.

[–] Idirian@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Will, they would, wouldn't they. Tossers.