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Re:U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take ... by egypturnash on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:28AM (#21335611)
wanting to own all ads placed against user content

wanting to lock users in and make it harder to leave for another service and still maintain a presence (which is also a constant ad for that other service) by cross-posting

wanting to make it harder to see the stuff you're following people for without ads inserted every few posts

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Re:U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take ... by buboard on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:31AM (#21335647)
It s still possible to leave but nobody leaves. Surely they benefit from some extra safeguards, but i don't think either are worried that users will take their data elsewhere. Usually when a new platform emerges, it 's a new format (e.g. tiktok).

I 'm pretty sure their response was in order to avoid bad PR during the Analytica scandal period.

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