In order to create a “viable” search engine business, Apple would be required to “sell targeted advertising,” which is “not a core business” for the company and would go against its “longstanding privacy commitments.”
Not a CORE business. Hmmmmm.
For the first half part of my life, I was a great technology enthusiast, but from the beginning of the second half until now, I’ve been more and more turning into the opposite…
I know the problem isn’t technology itself, but we can’t separate it from how it’s used by companies and people, so being aware of that doesn’t help.
I Upvoted just for the tapioca mention
I know in person someone who used to eat bar soap. She eventually had to be hospitalized and confessed it to her family. She would eat a lot of other weird things too, and didn’t even understand why people were so shocked about it. In the end, she had to undergo a psychiatric treatment.
Fun fact: people in Brazil used to cook black beans with an iron nail inside the pot to treat anemia and iron deficiency. They removed the nail before eating, in case someone is wondering. Some people might still do it.
Another fun fact: I remember a research concluding that it’s actually effective.