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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by iratewizard on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:56PM (#23434933)
Why is Facebook included in that? If Facebook disappeared tomorrow, dopamine addicts would switch to a different drug and your 3rd cousin would have to put more effort into bothering you.
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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Aunche on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:34AM (#23436855)
For better or worse, social media is here to stay. Do you prefer Facebook or TikTok?
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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by nojito on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:24PM (#23435154)
Disagree.

Google is far worse than Facebook. The amount of hackers ok with what google does is just sad.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by oars on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:58PM (#23435367)
Could you elaborate how Google is worse than Facebook? I thought the general (hacker) consensus was that Facebook has much more negative impacts on society.
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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:12AM (#23437776)
That's (IMO, obviously) mostly driven by cognitive dissonance. Google provides such a useful product for nerds, that it must be an OK company, right?

Whereas FB is for social connections, which are often less important to many hackers than access to information.

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