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The fact that Facebook is open and proud of its end-user hostility in service to the business interests of advertisers is surely a turning point. What kind of
by benjaminjosephw 6y ago
The fact that Facebook is open and proud of its end-user hostility in service to the business interests of advertisers is surely a turning point.
What kind of professional integrity would allow someone to continue working on a product that doesn't even pretend to serve the best interests of its end-users?
I seriously worry about the number of technology standards boards and governance groups that purport to represent the interests of end-users but are actually made up of (and lobbied by) people with this kind of "integrity".
- Lio 6y agoThey're like the tabaco industry complaining about having their products clearly labeled as adictive and carcenogenic. Doing so probably harmed small Mom & Pop tobaconist's bottom line too.
- pjmlp 6y agoThe same professional integrity from FOSS developers that profit from Facebook money, earned via such practices, by using Facebook sponsored projects.
- rusticpenn 6y agoDepends on who you define as the end user. If the end user is the advertiser, while the profiles are the product, their stand makes sense (Not arguing about ethics here).