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I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually did enter. I don't use FB personally, but I'm a big fan of the OSS efforts. > biggest hurdle is trust, given its pro
by beardedman 7y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually did enter. I don't use FB personally, but I'm a big fan of the OSS efforts.
> biggest hurdle is trust, given its problematic record on data privacy
It is? FB is a corporation - much like Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon. Each of those have had their fair share of issues throughout the years.
Too easy to be polarised with stuff like this. FB produced good tech and supports it too - which is more than I can say for Google. But I'll use Google for their search & docs products, which is top notch. There are no heroes/villains.
- fenwick67 7y agoGoogle and Facebook have particularly not-great privacy reputations because they are advertising companies whose business models are precluded on collecting your personal info.
- alharith 7y agoYou don't have to have your business model be advertising in order to be shitty at privacy.
- fenwick67 7y ago(...but it probably helps)
- alharith 7y agoCounterintuitively, you are more likely to be better at privacy if you are in the business of selling data, especially in the current regulatory climate. The websites that have been the worst at maintaining my privacy were those that primarily sold physical products or medical services. You'd be amazed how many organizations broker data now.
- beardedman 7y agoWhich people offer freely.
- fenwick67 7y agoFacebook tracks people even if they don't have an account and have never consented to any terms. How is that offering freely?