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Roland Moore-Colyer

Apple called Android a ‘massive tracking device’ before the iPhone’s privacy push

Tim Cook Apple.

Apple isn’t usually a company to throw stones at others for tech adoption or lack thereof – rather the Cupertino lot tends to practice reality distortion, hyping up tech that's been integrated into the latest iPhones while ignoring the fact that Android devices have had it for years; *cough* iPhone 15 USB-C *cough*. 

But there are also times that Apple does indeed practice what it preaches, such as having a robust privacy policy. What sparked this observation is an internal presentation that has surfaced in an ongoing Google antitrust trial (hat tip to The Verge), which saw Apple declare that Android is “a massive tracking device.” 

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