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The problem is that even if I pay Facebook this company is so utterly untrustworthy that I don't believe for one second that they wouldn't run their data suckin
by CaptainZapp 8y ago
The problem is that even if I pay Facebook this company is so utterly untrustworthy that I don't believe for one second that they wouldn't run their data sucking shenanigans on paid accounts.
- iainmerrick 8y agoI agree, but at least if the ad market is much smaller, the data will have that much less value. Various companies will probably still gather and sell data for even more nefarious purposes, like manipulating elections, but that’s a different battle.
- gkya 8y agoAnd that's why you want to have regulations. In the case you suggest, you could ask e.g. EFF if you suspected that they are abusing the contract, to sue FB in behalf of the users. Or even kick-start a big court case yourself.