Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by taytus on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:10PM
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They are not, and neither are you.
It may affect the adoption rate of your app if you don't include a "login with facebook" option, maybe. But that is a small price we all have to pay to influence change.
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Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by alexdrans on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:14PM
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Haha, you first.
This is the kind of comment that really hits hard how unwilling tech workers are to stand up for ethics.
"My cog in the machine is not hurting anyone, why should I care" is how things get very, very bad.
Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by leetcrew on Thursday February 22, 2018 @08:43PM
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it's more like "I am a tiny replaceable cog in a huge money-printing machine. if somebody is going to collect the paycheck anyway, why shouldn't it be me?"
making the hard choice is easy when you have nothing to lose, and it's even easier when you're so rich that the losses don't matter. the folks in the middle have just enough that it would really hurt to lose it. I can't say I blame them for guarding that jealously.
Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by weixiyen on Thursday February 22, 2018 @08:48PM
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phone # + code is already the most popular method outside of the US, and gaining a lot more traction within the US. Login w/ Facebook does not really affect the success/failure of an app unless you really need their data for your app to work.