On: Facebook: Free as in Bullshit

[neodymiumphish]

Google doesn't either, but that doesn't make them as safe. In fact, I think there is very little data that Facebook sells or makes available to partners, since that data collection and analysis is where they make themselves marketable.

Apple is only different in what they don't collect, and what they do to prevent others from collecting, too.

[zepto → neodymiumphish]

“Apple is only different in what they don't collect“. This seems essentially false.

Facebook makes almost all of its money out of targeting ads based on user profiling. Also true for Google.

Apple makes none of its money that way. Apple is the same as almost all businesses in this regard.

[sosborn → neodymiumphish]

Well, that and the fact that although Google doesn't sell data to third parties, it has certainly monetized that data and built their business off of it.