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Of course it is. And so is their purchase of Instagram, Whatsapp, Giphy, and the entire way they've cornered the market with abusive and coercive practices

rektide 6y ago
I'm way less concerned about those software platforms being with Facebook. there's plenty of room for competition. gdpr grants decent citizens rights to take their data away. there is zero escape from this nightmare platform however. hardware we end up forever hard locked into.
- rektide 6y ago
  one place I am not sure how I feel is game consoles. microsoft & sony both require accounts to use the mandatory platforms their consoles come with. is this ok? how us this different from Facebook demanding users use the Facebook platform with the Facebook face console?
  - mbreese 6y ago
    I think the difference is that the Microsoft and Sony accounts are only used for authentication/account purposes. Facebook accounts are for much more than ensuring you have access to a game or Office, etc. plus, as others have said — you can have different Microsoft/Sony accounts. So you can split your professional and personal lives. This isn’t possible with Facebook. The Facebook/oculus situation would be like if Microsoft required you to use a LinkedIn account to play the newest version of Halo. That would be equally strange.
  - bigbubba 6y ago
    Are those online platforms now mandatory for consoles? They weren't a few years ago when last I had one.
  - imtringued 6y ago
    The problem is that Facebook isn't a platform, it is a product. They could have changed that but they didn't.
- annadane 6y ago
  GDPR might but if such a thing didn't exist Facebook absolutely would dominate the world, which is exactly what they want, sick fucks
corysama 6y ago
"The House Antitrust Subcommittee determined Facebook wields monopoly powers in social network and has maintained its position by acquiring, copying or killing its competitors, according to a report released by the subcommittee on Tuesday. " https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/house-antitrust-committee-facebook-monopoly-buys-kills-competitors.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/house-antitrust-committee-fa...
annadane 6y ago
Downvotes from shills
- drstewart 6y ago
  Keep these kind of low quality comments on reddit, please
  - annadane 6y ago
    They're not low quality (certainly not compared to other ones here). It's a very real possibility HN is astroturfed

rektide 6y ago

I'm way less concerned about those software platforms being with Facebook. there's plenty of room for competition. gdpr grants decent citizens rights to take their data away. there is zero escape from this nightmare platform however. hardware we end up forever hard locked into.

rektide 6y ago
one place I am not sure how I feel is game consoles. microsoft & sony both require accounts to use the mandatory platforms their consoles come with. is this ok? how us this different from Facebook demanding users use the Facebook platform with the Facebook face console?
- mbreese 6y ago
  I think the difference is that the Microsoft and Sony accounts are only used for authentication/account purposes. Facebook accounts are for much more than ensuring you have access to a game or Office, etc. plus, as others have said — you can have different Microsoft/Sony accounts. So you can split your professional and personal lives. This isn’t possible with Facebook. The Facebook/oculus situation would be like if Microsoft required you to use a LinkedIn account to play the newest version of Halo. That would be equally strange.
- bigbubba 6y ago
  Are those online platforms now mandatory for consoles? They weren't a few years ago when last I had one.
- imtringued 6y ago
  The problem is that Facebook isn't a platform, it is a product. They could have changed that but they didn't.
annadane 6y ago
GDPR might but if such a thing didn't exist Facebook absolutely would dominate the world, which is exactly what they want, sick fucks

corysama 6y ago

"The House Antitrust Subcommittee determined Facebook wields monopoly powers in social network and has maintained its position by acquiring, copying or killing its competitors, according to a report released by the subcommittee on Tuesday. " https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/house-antitrust-committee-facebook-monopoly-buys-kills-competitors.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/house-antitrust-committee-fa...

annadane 6y ago

Downvotes from shills

drstewart 6y ago
Keep these kind of low quality comments on reddit, please
- annadane 6y ago
  They're not low quality (certainly not compared to other ones here). It's a very real possibility HN is astroturfed