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I think preventing FB from buying competitors is perfectly reasonable, but that doesn't really mean much with respect to FB's popularity. It's not as if users h

I think preventing FB from buying competitors is perfectly reasonable, but that doesn't really mean much with respect to FB's popularity. It's not as if users have to choose "should I use FB or instagram" they can and do use both, and that would still be possible whether FB owned instagram or not.

input_sh 6y ago
How about the other part of the comment that you've ignored? If people could use Alternative X without losing their Facebook/Instagram connections, Facebook would fade into irrelevance. There's absolutely no technical reason for everyone to have a separate Facebook/Instagram/Twitter account with dozens of other IM services instead of picking one and communicating with others regardless of what they've picked. That future is only one regulation away. The most common reason for staying on Facebook ("all my friends are there") disappears.
- root_axis 6y ago
  > If people could use Alternative X without losing their Facebook/Instagram connections They can already do that. Using an alternative does not cause someone to lose access to FB. > There's absolutely no technical reason for everyone to have a separate Facebook/Instagram/Twitter account with dozens of other IM services instead of picking one and communicating with others regardless of what they've picked This is already a thing. https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=
  - input_sh 6y ago
    I feel like you're just trolling at this point. > Using an alternative does not cause someone to lose access to FB. Deleting Facebook causes you to lose access to your Facebook connections. Why can't you just use your Twitter account to communicate with someone on Facebook? There's zero technical reason for this not to be possible. > This is already a thing. https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= It's not. It's a third party workaround that Facebook could kill at any point if it gave a shit. Do I really need to explain to you how that's different than first party support for something so basic? Just like with email, you should be able to enter a username and a IM provider and just talk to them as if you're using the same platform. It's really not rocket science. Fediverse (Mastodon and compatible providers) already does that without any hiccups. It's possible, we know it works for decades (since we all use email), and it should be a requirement for every social network / IM service in existence.

input_sh 6y ago

How about the other part of the comment that you've ignored? If people could use Alternative X without losing their Facebook/Instagram connections, Facebook would fade into irrelevance. There's absolutely no technical reason for everyone to have a separate Facebook/Instagram/Twitter account with dozens of other IM services instead of picking one and communicating with others regardless of what they've picked. That future is only one regulation away. The most common reason for staying on Facebook ("all my friends are there") disappears.

root_axis 6y ago
> If people could use Alternative X without losing their Facebook/Instagram connections They can already do that. Using an alternative does not cause someone to lose access to FB. > There's absolutely no technical reason for everyone to have a separate Facebook/Instagram/Twitter account with dozens of other IM services instead of picking one and communicating with others regardless of what they've picked This is already a thing. https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=
- input_sh 6y ago
  I feel like you're just trolling at this point. > Using an alternative does not cause someone to lose access to FB. Deleting Facebook causes you to lose access to your Facebook connections. Why can't you just use your Twitter account to communicate with someone on Facebook? There's zero technical reason for this not to be possible. > This is already a thing. https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= It's not. It's a third party workaround that Facebook could kill at any point if it gave a shit. Do I really need to explain to you how that's different than first party support for something so basic? Just like with email, you should be able to enter a username and a IM provider and just talk to them as if you're using the same platform. It's really not rocket science. Fediverse (Mastodon and compatible providers) already does that without any hiccups. It's possible, we know it works for decades (since we all use email), and it should be a requirement for every social network / IM service in existence.