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Re:Facebook reportedly researching ways to use encrypted Wha... by nerdponx on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:03PM (#28063465)
Lots of people are happy with products that are supported by advertising. Problems arise when the business model relies on surveillance, which endangers and violates the rights of end users.
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Re:Facebook reportedly researching ways to use encrypted Wha... by LightG on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:20PM (#28063686)
True. Personally it demonstrates a lack of imagination or the "easy way out".

For example, Google showed incredible to innovation to do what they did with Adwords. But then the way they slapped ads on Youtube has been gross.

There's basic user experience also.

Agreed though. Surveillance and privacy are even more important.

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