Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door
Disclosure: Did the acquisition marketing for this product across a few countries.I think it's unfair comparing the 2. The Google product isn't grabbing the same about of personal data. It was focused on device usage, apps, media consumptions etc. Personally I was surprised Google were respectful enough to not be grabbing this data passively in the first place. This app was an add-on that was upfront about what it was doing and paid people for providing this access to their behaviour. And this desire to understand how people use products seems a reasonable thing for a company to want to know about improving and creating products.Do people saying this is bad feel its wrong to get people in a research group for an unboxing to see how people unfamiliar with a product do things.As long as its opt-in and clear about what its doing this seems reasonable and feels people are making a storm in a teacup... but maybe I'm missing something?