The article has also been edited to acknowledge that the business deal was already reported on 3 years ago. Some secret.
Because it’s hypocritical. Apple’s marketing tries to cast its products as pro-privacy, and this would suggest that they are willing to give yours up for the right price. The secrecy part is icing on the cake. Privacy exists for them but not for you.
How does using Google search on WebKit with its Intelligent Tracking Protection compromise your privacy?
Maybe because they try to make it look like they care about privacy?
As does Mozilla, another large recipient of $ from GOOG.
Two companies doing something sketchy doesn't make it not sketchy.