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For me there is a not a technical fix for the problem. The fact that my feed fills up with ads for something I Googled immediately prior to alt+tabbing to FB is
by mbostleman 8y ago
For me there is a not a technical fix for the problem. The fact that my feed fills up with ads for something I Googled immediately prior to alt+tabbing to FB is creepy and annoying, but it's not the real problem. The real problem is that I know they have the data (and they still will after I "clear" it) and it can be used for a lot more than advertising. I don't trust them. That's the problem.
- jMyles 8y agoWell, you've described a problem for which this isn't a technical fix, but for which there is a technical fix: a decentralized open source social network on which you retain complete control over which of your data ever enters its ecosystem. And it will come. It will take years, but it will come.
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- minor3rd 8y agoAnd then Facebook will buy it and change it.
- mbostleman 8y agoAbsolutely. A distributed system where each user controls their data is theoretically an architectural fix. But not one that is an option for FB since owning my data is the core of their business model.
- mborch 8y agoThat would be illegal (in the EU, at least). Why would a successful business risk that?
- tripzilch 8y agoIt would, they already did, pure audacity, and they're getting burned for it. Meanwhile, a loud minority (mostly from outside the EU) complains "why don't you respect their best efforts?" -- because it's too little, too late, this law has been on the horizon for years, but instead of preparing they've been increasing their data harvesting efforts, only making it harder for themselves to actually comply when it finally passed.
- ionised 8y agoWhen has success ever stopped business breaking the law?