Warning: Incoming Hot Take... Facebook is probably one of the single most hated companies in tech at the moment and it seems unlikely that is going to change a

Warning: Incoming Hot Take... Facebook is probably one of the single most hated companies in tech at the moment and it seems unlikely that is going to change anytime soon. I can't even remember the last time I heard someone mention that they actively enjoyed the product. They are looking down the barrel at multiple major legal issues in the coming years and they are built entirely on a model that is fundamentally about selling personal data to advertisers without any other significant sources of income. The main thing that is slowing down their decline (other than a lack of viable alternatives) is that they are basically able to hold peoples real life friendships / relationships hostage at the moment. Initiatives like https://datatransferproject.dev/ https://datatransferproject.dev/ (of which FB is a member) have the potential to change that. I could see a social network protocol emerging and that offered a number of different clients of which Facebook could be one. Unfortunately, the closest thing we ever came to this was ActivityPub which well, let's say is a bit lacking both in adoption but also in it's vision but I think it's entirely possible that something like that could actually find some traction in the next few years.