Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo

Re:Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo by NeedMoreTea on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:26AM (#19223738)

In the USA perhaps. Some of the other countries they operate in had and have taxis, and food delivery, that work just fine. All Uber has done is introduce unreliable, heavily subsidised - and therefore unfair - competition.

It's the Walmart model: Make a loss until the others go under thanks to deepest pockets. When none remain, raise prices markedly.

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Re:Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo by icebraining on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:01PM (#19228616)

Not just in the US; I live in Europe and fully welcomed Uber's arrival. And as I expected, after they opened the market many more competitors came, so I don't even have to keep using them. In a moment they'll go under due to their unsustainable model, leaving more decent companies in charge.

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Re:Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo by NeedMoreTea on Friday February 22, 2019 @05:47PM (#19229850)

Oh I'm sure there's plenty of places where they've helped.

I think you're right about the future though - unlike a Walmart I see precious little lock-in for Uber.

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Re:Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo by jfk13 on Friday February 22, 2019 @06:58AM (#19224613)

Ah, so that's what it's called. I thought that was the Amazon model.

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