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I feel like the New York Times really enjoys blowing these Facebook stories out of proportion. Letting a company like Spotify integrate with Messenger is not wh
by northerdome 8y ago
I feel like the New York Times really enjoys blowing these Facebook stories out of proportion. Letting a company like Spotify integrate with Messenger is not wholesale selling of messaging data to advertisers. The data was shared with reputable companies using it to expand capabilities of what is offered to Facebook's users. This is not a shocking revelation and certainly not out of scope of the kind of sharing I would expect Facebook to do. Why all the sudden outrage? I have no problems with Facebook doing this with my data. There is nothing revealing about the NYT story. They are just adding hot takes to what is already public knowledge.
- ikeboy 8y agoAgreed - and other "news" sites are taking this to another level, adding unjustified speculation
- tracker1 8y agoEven then, I'm pretty sure the integrations are relatively limited... I mean, most of my friends don't even listen to the same music I do these days. Sure in H.S. it's more common, even through college etc... but tastes change.
- asdff 8y agoDoes spotify need read/write on all my messages and posts ever made? I'm sure spotify isn't the only company granted this privilege of omnipotence. The cards are still falling, don't blame nyt for offering analysis when the news continues to break.
- UncleMeat 8y agoMaybe not, but do you think it is reasonable to build an API that explicitly asks the user for every single individual message? I'm not aware of a single web api that functions this way.