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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by rglullis on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @08:49AM (#12589184)
That analogy makes no sense, and your view of consumers and individuals as children is patronizing.

Free markets also include the spread of information and signaling. People can learn from the mistakes from others. It is precisely in a free market where the information gets to be spread out the quickest.

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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by strugglefun on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @09:01AM (#12589252)
I did not find the above comment patronizing.

Some types of signaling are best to be learned before it becomes a problem. Like killing.

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