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Apple CEO Argues Against Competitors’ Excessive Collection of Data

Online platforms don’t need all user data to improve service, Apple CEO Tim Cook told VICE News Tonight in an interview aired Tuesday. “The narrative that some companies will try to get you to believe is, 'I've got to take…

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all of your data to make my service better,'” he said. "Well, don't believe that. Whoever's telling you that, it's a bunch of bunk.” He denied any political motivation in Apple’s removal of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and argued for “some level of government regulation” for data privacy. Internet Association didn't comment.