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This is the only viable way forward. They need go back to being a dumb platform, just like ISPs are dumb pipes.
by zionic 7y ago
This is the only viable way forward. They need go back to being a dumb platform, just like ISPs are dumb pipes.
- root_axis 7y agoWhy? What if a technology company wants to build a website that caters to a certain value system? Why should they not be allowed to do that?
- CaptainZapp 7y agoBecause they insist of having it both ways. Whenever it's convenient to them they claim to be dump pipes. But this is only valid until it comes to maximize profits. Then suddenly they are (heavy handed) editors.
- root_axis 7y ago> Whenever it's convenient to them they claim to be dump pipes Can you provide an example of Facebook ever claiming they are just "dumb pipes" and how that claim had any material impact on their business? Are you suggesting Facebook is potentially guilty of false advertising?
- insickness 7y agoIs Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/02/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-platform-publisher-lawsuit https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/02/facebook-...
- root_axis 7y agoSo what? "Publisher" has no legal meaning in the context of a website, so who cares what they say they are?