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> People could, y'know, just not install the Facebook app, if they're unhappy with Meta's privacy practices. Of course, given that Meta's privacy practices are
by gretch 3y ago
> People could, y'know, just not install the Facebook app, if they're unhappy with Meta's privacy practices. Of course, given that Meta's privacy practices are already atrocious, and people still use Facebook, I guess maybe it just doesn't matter?
Just apply this same reasoning to Apple iPhones. Everyone says sideloading is a big deal, but it turns out that when the phones don't have sideloading, people still use them anyway. I guess maybe it just doesn't matter.
- smoldesu 3y agoAlternatively, hold both companies to higher standards through regulation and start treating technology as a secular field of businesses instead of the World Cup.
- gretch 3y agoYour “higher standard” is only “higher” for your preferences. Personally I’m happy with both the operation of Facebook and Apple. I do not wish a 3rd party with no track record of technical innovation, and especially not the US government, come and make some rules about what is a “higher standard”.
- smoldesu 3y ago> Personally I’m happy with both the operation of Facebook and Apple. You should have higher standards too, then.
- gretch 3y agoYou are someone who is convinced that those with different preferences than you must be dumb or irrational. My standards are plenty high. They just aren’t aligned with your world views.
- smoldesu 3y agoI didn't call you dumb or irrational, I suggested that you raise your standards to exclude Apple and Facebook's behavior as "acceptable". You could also do nothing, and just adapt to sideloading and anti-Meta regulation when they both come around.
- gretch 3y ago> You should have higher standards too, then. That's right you didn't call me dumb or irrational, you're just using a metaphor where you look down on me from your higher plane.