And why my next phone may be an iPhone. Google’s business model is identical to Facebook: “free” stuff in exchange for owning your entire life. Apple makes its money the old fashioned way – by customers voluntarily paying for good products and services.
Cook said that Apple has never believed that detailed online profiles of people should exist. “We can make a ton of money if customers were our product. We have elected not to do that,” Cook said.
Source: Tim Cook on Facebook’s scandal: ‘I wouldn’t be in this position’