On: What Apple’s Tim Cook Overlooked in His Defense of Privacy

[donohoe]

  And that’s not all. When I go to Apple’s App Store, 
  I’m presented with a bevy of free apps that are 
  supported either in whole or in part by ads.

There are a lot of weird conclusions that this article tries to make. This is the one that strikes me as the dumbest.

Its like bemoaning Microsoft (or any OS maker) that allows people to create apps - apps that may or may not use advertising.

[bobajeff → donohoe]

Aren't those pretty much the apps that apple promotes? I remember a article a while back that went over how the App Store was geared towards really cheap Apps and that was in Apple's best interest because they need many apps to sell hardware.

[Karunamon → bobajeff]

Is there really a difference to the end user if your store has 10M apps vs. 9M apps? I think we've hit the point of diminishing returns on the quantity front years ago.