This comment from another subthread is relevant to your observations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16743502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=167435

This comment from another subthread is relevant to your observations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16743502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16743502 Partial quote for your convenience: (read the full comment for sources and more). > FB stopped being a "data sharing platform" when it muscled its way into becoming synonymous of "the internet" in much of the underdeveloped world. In many of these countries (including Myanmar) people can get a really cheap plan that offers next to nothing beyond "Facebook Free Basic", FB's walled garden (e.g for 3$/month you get 100mb of data + unlimited facebook). This is effectively a two-level Internet with FB being the obvious default.