They’re up to something
This is a show. They aren’t stupid - their brand equity is being wiped out because nobody trusts them anymore, and they ALL want to morph from hardware companies to information companies eventually.
So they will block all the apps that track that they make money on from their devices? Nah...
Like in China where Apple Gave a China the keys to their iCloud?
Don’t get me wrong I like Apple products, but Tim is not practicing what he is preechhing.
This is set up for Blockchain technology that is very close to be rolled out to the mainstream. We are on the cusp of a financial revolution over the next decade. Decentralization and privacy are the selling points. Hence, this is what Tim is really talking about.
Stamos called for companies like Google, Twitter and his former employer Facebook to collect less data and the need for strong privacy laws in the U.S., in agreement with Cook. However, he also said Apple needs to “come clean” about its practices in China.
“Apple needs to come clean on how iCloud works in China and stop setting damaging precedents for how willing American companies will be to service the internal security desires of the Chinese Communist Party,” he tweeted.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/24/ex-facebook-exec-alex-stamos-calls-out-apple-practices-in-china.html