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Re:Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absol... by psoy on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:20PM (#19639857)
"Less bad" and "equally bad" are incompatible statements, you're claiming both are true
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Re:Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absol... by aasasd on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:38PM (#19639996)
‘Less bad’ here compares one valuation of Facebook's actions to a previous one, whereas ‘equally bad’ compares Facebook's actions to those of Buzzfeed. So they can be both true (regardless of whether they actually are).
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Re:Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absol... by JohnFen on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:25PM (#19639892)
By "less bad", I thought the comment was saying that Google/etc. actions are less objectionable. That's what I don't think is true. If I have misunderstood, then I apologize.
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