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The problem is not only privacy and that they sell user data. There is much more that is an issue. Look at what early founders criticize (the founder of Napster
by submeta 9y ago
The problem is not only privacy and that they sell user data. There is much more that is an issue. Look at what early founders criticize (the founder of Napster is among them). This platform manipulates it's users into spending as much time on the platform as possible by utilizing gamification mechanisms, and by putting news and messages into their feeds that they highly propably will engage with, but not the ones that will give them new perspectives, like a good newspaper would do. And it is dangerous for democracies. Because of all the things we learned about in the last months. Echo chambers and that sort of things.