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> Today, we’re facing questions about whether Facebook gave large tech companies access to people’s information and, if so, why we did this. > To put it simply

by bambax 8y ago

> Today, we’re facing questions about whether Facebook gave large tech companies access to people’s information and, if so, why we did this. > To put it simply, this work was about helping people... Putting it simply would be to answer YES to the first question instead of sleazing your way into a thousand words false apology where you don't admit to have ever done anything wrong besides leaving old APIs running for longer than they should have (!) Also, nothing Facebook does is about "helping people". That is not their business. Their business is exploitation.

chillacy 8y ago
Is all business exploitation? And capitalism is the problem? Businesses have to have customers and users to survive, even tobacco companies provide value to users even if their product kills them. If Facebook provides 0 value, stop using them and all the other rational people will too. If they provide a modicum of value, then people will use them if the value delivered is below the cost (cost includes privacy violation and bad trust).