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The driver is the customer of the car, so they are taken care of. Meta's customers are advertisers, not users. User harm is collateral damage of providing the
by sznio 1y ago
The driver is the customer of the car, so they are taken care of.
Meta's customers are advertisers, not users. User harm is collateral damage of providing the advertiser with attention. Just like car companies care much more about protecting the driver rather than the pedestrian the car might just hit.
- Retric 1y agoNon monetary transactions aren’t actually free here. So Facebook users are very much their customers. Advertisers also want protection from negative associations. Which is why many types of YouTube videos get demonetized for example, but good look getting that level of protection on Facebook. As to pedestrian safety, that is on the mind of car manufacturers. Backup cameras for example have significantly reduced the number of pedestrians struck while backing up. In part that’s because it’s the drivers family members at risk, but there’s also concerns around lawsuits etc.
- Eric_WVGG 1y agoMeta lies to their advertisers too, though https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/facebook-knew-ad-metrics-were-inflated-but-ignored-the-problem-lawsuit-claims.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/facebook-knew-ad-metrics-wer... It’s just a huge criminal enterprise.
- ben_w 1y ago> Meta's customers are advertisers, not users. Whom Meta serve so well that Meta have shown me adverts for things I cannot buy because I have the wrong gender, location, nationality, or that I just don't understand because I don't speak the language in which the advert was written.