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I don't see how breaking up Facebook changes the fact that companies are financially incentivized to track and sell as much information on their customers as po
by MediumD 8y ago
I don't see how breaking up Facebook changes the fact that companies are financially incentivized to track and sell as much information on their customers as possible. Whether a monopoly or a collection of small companies, people follow incentives.
- mlb_hn 8y agoThat and one can't help notice the irony that on all these articles they're still trying to load the Facebook trackers in addition to the others (not to beat a dead horse).
- Lionsion 8y ago> That and one can't help notice the irony that on all these articles they're still trying to load the Facebook trackers in addition to the others There's no irony here, just the fact that the author doesn't manage or control the website team that put the trackers there.
- mmsimanga 8y agoAgreed, I wish governments would ban something like diamonds in wedding rings instead. Like Facebook, we don't need diamonds to survive. Diamonds have been a the cause of much conflict in Africa.
- kgwgk 8y agoI wish governments would ban weddings. We don’t need weddings to survive and they cause so many conflicts around the world.
- Moru 8y agoOh, and religion, the cause of most problems per person on any continent!
- mmsimanga 8y agoI should have been more specific. I was refering DeBeers through advertising created the myth that diamonds are a girl's best friend. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/ho...
- dawnerd 8y agoAnd honestly one larger company with a set of privacy controls would be a lot easier for users to manage than dozens of smaller sites with their own settings.