Is recent macOS accused of stealing or shown to steal personal data? Platform lock-in is not news, but that would be. This is an earnest question; maybe I'm in a bubble and missed a big story.
2021 Jun 7:
> "Anyone opting out of tracking right now is basically having the
> same level of data collected as they were before. Apple hasn't
> actually deterred the behavior that they have called out as being
> so reprehensible, so they are kind of complicit in it happening,"
> Seufert explained.
Apple did finally close this loophole in iOS 14.5, causing Facebook to lose what some analysts think was ~$10 Billion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier_for_Advertisers - however, by March 18, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg stated that it could actually encourage advertisers to use the explicit targetting and tracking happening on facebook, and he made it sound like a win-win.
2022 Nov 8:
> The recent changes that Apple has made to App Store ads should
> raise many #privacy concerns. It seems that the #AppStore app
> on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple. This
> data is sent in one request: (data usage & personalized ads are off)
* https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-ov...
I'm inclined to think the quote only meant to claim that Windows and macOS try to lock you in, and that Linux doesn't steal your personal data. The sentence structure is ambiguous.