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@rysiek Someone put up the text on Google Docs:
Apparently, Apple also is an anti-advertising extremist. That´s a bit of a pity. I feel much less avant-garde now.
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   @slothrop Maybe not a welcome reply but: Apple's competitors are advertising-driven, but Apple uniquely because of their market positioning does not have to rely on advertising revenue to do business. Therefore they have an incentive to make advertising as universally unprofitable as possible, to deny competitors of funds that could be used to compete with them. So Apple *is* in fact strongly anti-advertising. This happens to align with consumer well-being, but that is basically a coincidence. @almaember @slothrop this was not a public speech. It was a "rally the troops" internal kinda thing. And yes, they do believe this. And they believe they do good in the world. And all they ask in return is our data. @almaember @slothrop it's scary what material conditions can do to people. Their material conditions are such that they benefit from surveillance capitalism. So they will defend it to the death, while twisting themselves in knots to "prove" they are the good guys.  @slothrop @rysiek This bit made me eye roll so hard: “It’s never buyer vs. seller, us vs. them - it’s all of us working together. To grow the digital economy.” Which I interpret to mean: “It’s never ad buyer vs. ad seller, us vs. them - it’s all of us working together against the common enemy, the consumers. To grow the digital economy at their expense.” |
@slothrop dear lord.
> Takeaway 1: Extremists are winning the battle for hearts and minds in Washington D.C. and beyond. We cannot let that happen.
> So let’s take each of these one by one. We can start with The Political extremists focused on making “Big Tech'' their sworn enemy.
Wow. Just wow.