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Facebook, at least, did dirty stuff on the way up. I'm sure there are many more examples I'm unaware of. Facebook pays teens to download VPN to measure app usa
by nickfromseattle 6y ago
Facebook, at least, did dirty stuff on the way up. I'm sure there are many more examples I'm unaware of.
Facebook pays teens to download VPN to measure app usage on a users device: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/
Facebook backdoor testing after their VPN was removed from the app store: https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/30/facebook-research/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/30/facebook-research/
- tomp 6y ago> Since 2016 Facebook won already in like 2012 or something. What was before that - MySpace? - it just sucked compared to Facebook. Terrible UI. Completely useless, siloed without the "real name" policy. Facebook was a genuine innovation, both in terms of UI, and in terms of marketing (targeting elite schools first was genius, but hardly non-competitive, anyone could have done it).
- Fnoord 6y agoFacebook's real name policy has been determined bogus in Germany (EU).