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Can't meta, signal, etc force their hand by simply disabling their services in europe?

• rdm_blackhole 2y ago
  I don't see how that would benefit them to go against this since their business is to monetize their user's data as much as possible. If anything, this is probably a new revenue stream. Now they can get all the data on behalf of the EU and use it as they want.
• ben_w 2y ago
  In theory, sure. In practice, Meta's entire business model is to waste everyone's time by inserting advertising in the middle of what would otherwise be friendly conversation, so if they did switch Europe off, then everyone in Europe would have a more pleasant life and Meta would get less money — nobody would clamour for the stuff to be switched back on. I suspect Meta knows this. Signal might care enough about the principle, but even then the services are too easily substituted to matter to anyone else.
• latexr 2y ago
  As if Meta would care. Facebook’s business model is to invade your privacy to advertise to your face for profit. Since this proposal would invade your privacy but not take away profit from Meta, they have zero reason to care. I find it hard to believe the CEO who called users “dumb fucks” would oppose on principle.
• raxxorraxor 2y ago
  Some of these companies love to scan your messages and content very much.