> They don't have the technology/infrastructure to perform machine learning techniques that google employs. So they will say 'we think it's a feature that none of our services interoperate.'
You mean the machine learning techniques Google developed to better market people things?
This is like saying, Sweden doesn't have nuclear capability so it's opportunistic for them to claim they are peaceful. Only states that pour resources into building nuclear weapons can have a legitimate claim to being peaceful.
Look at Apple's approach to privacy for Maps, which uses randomized identifiers and trip segmentation so that Apple cannot reconstruct your trip. Or iMessage, which uses full end-to-end encryption. That's not Apple failing to catch up, that's Apple going out of their way to protect your privacy.
Why not both? I would consider an email provider that one, didn't run an ad network, and two didn't scan my emails at all a huge feature. Neither Google nor Apple fit both criteria however.
This doesn't have anything to do with the technical capabilities of each company, it has to do with the fact that my and Google's interests are not aligned. Google, like every other company, is going to do what benefits them the most and there's nothing wrong with that. But when what benefits them doesn't benefit me I have reconsider using their services.
You mean the machine learning techniques Google developed to better market people things?
This is like saying, Sweden doesn't have nuclear capability so it's opportunistic for them to claim they are peaceful. Only states that pour resources into building nuclear weapons can have a legitimate claim to being peaceful.
Look at Apple's approach to privacy for Maps, which uses randomized identifiers and trip segmentation so that Apple cannot reconstruct your trip. Or iMessage, which uses full end-to-end encryption. That's not Apple failing to catch up, that's Apple going out of their way to protect your privacy.