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Comment by dijit | Hacker News Reader

When people talk about apple they are always quick to call out that "Apple has all your data", yet are complicit with google snarfing up everything they can.

Until Apple can fix this PR image, then they wont be pushing competitors to do anything.

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I don't think that Apple has a PR problem regarding privacy when compared with Google. Especially looking at the privacy adverse stance Microsoft has taken with Windows 10, Apple seems like the smallest privacy evil out there. I personally will be switching back to iOS with my next phone after using Android for three phone generations.

The smallest privacy evil is still Linux. (Which, of course, is not an OS most people consider.)

Never hear that criticism of Apple before. That's more of a Google criticism, isn't it? The usual criticism of Apple is that their products are overpriced, overhyped & overly locked down. (Not my opinion by that's the default criticism.)

Even non-sophisticated users get that Apple sells devices and therefore doesn't need all of their data vs. Google who sells ads based on mining their data.

The recent case where Apple basically told the FBI to pound sand when they requested Apple create a custom version of iOS to allow them to brute-force the passcode of the shooter in the San Bernardino attack showed everyone that Apple is willing to defy the Justice Department even in mass shooting.

You can't buy publicity like that.

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