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This fact alone should be reason enough to leave Facebook for good. Facebook's goal is to be the middleman for all communication, and why the hell would you tru

• Freak_NL 9y ago
  I've never accepted any of Facebook's offerings, because I don't find their terms of service acceptable. But I'm an idiosyncratic exception (certainly not alone here on HN, but statistically speaking rare). Ask any of the millions and millions of people who built their online lives around Facebook's offerings (including Whatsapp and Instagram) though, and you'll likely get a variety of answers along these lines: Some say all this stuff doesn't impact them (I have nothing to hide, and don't do anything illegal). Some say they have no alternative (I need Whatsapp, because if I stop using it I'll miss all important messages about my kids' sports training schedule/birthday parties/extracurricular activities/scout troop/school committees — this is currently true for parents of young children in the Netherlands). Some are afraid of losing contact with those who choose to do everything on Facebook. Some are simply addicted to social media (well, not many will give you that as an answer truthfully, but it's certainly a factor). Some feel that a behemoth like Facebook should be regulated by the government, and trust that someone else will protect their interests (i.e., they treat Facebook and its subsidiaries like a an unavoidable utility, and don't feel that they have a choice in the matter).