"Whether you have an iPhone ( $699 at Apple ) or Android phone, Google Maps logs everywhere you go, the route you take to get there, when you arrive and what time you leave -- even if you never open the app."
Where iPhone link actually is an affilate link to Apple Store which (I assume) pays money to CNet for advertising it.
Am I the only one that considers this a bit suspect? Especially in an article that's talking about Apple's competitor?
I agree it's suspect, but the link may have been auto-added by the publishing system, not by the author (disclaimer: I helped build their product catalog and taxonomy tools a long time ago).
For quite some time now I always assume any link to a store from any commercial site is an affiliate link. It doesn't bother me. May be because I just expect it now.
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The article starts with this sentence:
"Whether you have an iPhone ( $699 at Apple ) or Android phone, Google Maps logs everywhere you go, the route you take to get there, when you arrive and what time you leave -- even if you never open the app."
Where iPhone link actually is an affilate link to Apple Store which (I assume) pays money to CNet for advertising it.
Am I the only one that considers this a bit suspect? Especially in an article that's talking about Apple's competitor?
I agree it's suspect, but the link may have been auto-added by the publishing system, not by the author (disclaimer: I helped build their product catalog and taxonomy tools a long time ago).
For quite some time now I always assume any link to a store from any commercial site is an affiliate link. It doesn't bother me. May be because I just expect it now.
A friend of mine took a web dev course not long ago and they would keep pressuring you to buy books that were all amazon affiliate links.
If CNET needs stupid affiliate links to stay in business, they should probably call it quits.