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wanting to own all ads placed against user content wanting to lock users in and make it harder to leave for another service and still maintain a presence (whic
by egypturnash 7y ago
wanting to own all ads placed against user content
wanting to lock users in and make it harder to leave for another service and still maintain a presence (which is also a constant ad for that other service) by cross-posting
wanting to make it harder to see the stuff you're following people for without ads inserted every few posts
- buboard 7y agoIt s still possible to leave but nobody leaves. Surely they benefit from some extra safeguards, but i don't think either are worried that users will take their data elsewhere. Usually when a new platform emerges, it 's a new format (e.g. tiktok). I 'm pretty sure their response was in order to avoid bad PR during the Analytica scandal period.