Apple is known for its focus on privacy and its ads are fairly clear about that but the company didn’t think of going in this direction on its own and reports claims the iPhone maker might have Google to thank for its success all these years. The ongoing antitrust trial involving Google and Apple has disclosed some interesting details about how both the tech companies have operated over the years.
The report states that Apple had an internal presentation where it referred to Android as a ‘massive tracking device’ which gave Apple the scope to build its own strategy in favour of user privacy. The company also observed in the slide that its rivals like Google, Facebook, and Amazon among others have focused their business around user data.
It points out that Google was using its Street View cars to record private Wi-Fi networks, while Instagram (not part of Meta back then) wanted to use your photos for its ads. But the biggest deal coming out of this case is the fact that Apple might have Android to thank for its strategy on privacy, making sure that it doesn’t take data from users like the other tech companies.
There is no doubt that Android has been accused of tracking data for its phone users, which is probably the price people paid for its free and open-source nature. And we have seen over the years how Google has utilised your data to push the experiences that people now cannot live without.
In comparison to this, Apple has stayed true to its promise on keeping data private and even today you see that iPhone users have the luxury to not be bothered about their data being misused.
Having said that, it won’t be fair to say that iOS is not hackable and experts have shown it with their own efforts. But the details from the trial, especially, Apple calling Android a tracking device is clearly a bold phrase to use and like we said, the iPhone giant probably became the force it is, because of tracking its rivals and charting its own path in the right direction.
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