> Most of us understood what google and facebook were going in. It's also revisionist to interject your own thoughts and represent them to a party as whole. P

> Most of us understood what google and facebook were going in. It's also revisionist to interject your own thoughts and represent them to a party as whole. People may have been cognizant that there are ills to Google/Facebook's model, but these are mostly externalities and not necessarily related to the direct impact. The point is - it's in our nature to ignore externalities, as long as the immediate goal is achieved.