It's no surprise that Google and Apple don't get along the way other companies do, and there is nothing wrong with it. Both companies have helped each other grow, especially with Android and iOS being two of the biggest competitors. However, it now appears that the Cupertino giant once considered Android "a massive tracking device."
Apple and Google are two of the biggest competitors, and they might not be friendly with each other
The information has been brought to the light with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) posting new exhibits from the ongoing Google antitrust trial, and one of the exhibits happens to be an internal presentation attached to an email that was sent by Apple's Eddy Cue to Tim Cook back in 2013.
The Apple presentation basically talks about how the company is competing with Google when it comes to privacy. There is another slide in the presentation where Apple explains how its approach to privacy is simply better than what Google is doing. The company talks about how it combines data across services only when it promises better customer service in return, while Google combines data across all services regardless. There are other examples showing how Google's voice search is essentially tied to the user's Google account, while Siri's user data is only limited to the digital assistant.
This presentation was part of Apple's SVP Eddy Cue's testimony in the Google antitrust trial in September. The search engine giant is accused by the DOJ of monopolizing the search engine market by cutting exclusive deals with device manufacturers just so it can be the default search engine on their devices. We previously talked about how Google pays Apple anywhere from $18-$20 billion a year so it can remain the dominant search engine on the iPhones.
DOJ even questioned Cue back in September about the revenue-sharing agreement between Apple and Google. Most of the testimony was hidden in the sealed courtroom, so we cannot really be sure about what else was discussed.
The revelation should not really come as a surprise to anyone since Apple and Google have been competing with each other for the longest time, and such rivalries are rather common in the tech space. The truth is that it does not matter whether you have an Android or an iPhone, our phones are tracking devices in our pockets, and there is so much data that we have shared with companies and apps that we don't even use anymore.
News Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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