Re:Why Facebook Is Suddenly Afraid of the FTC
by kwere on Sunday August 29, 2021 @12:57PM
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Facebook has a very big walled garden that will be protected and monetized. Go and ask to all your hoa members or old classmates for example to move to discord
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Re:Why Facebook Is Suddenly Afraid of the FTC
by techdragon on Sunday August 29, 2021 @03:36PM
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Exactly, Facebook has built a huge garden, and to extend the walled garden metaphor… the garden is now so big it crossed the line beyond which, we as a society, agree that you aren’t allowed to put up certain kinds of walls.
If that sounds like a bad analogy, imagine how the government would treat a single private company that owned more than 70% of the private land in the country. “It’s our gland we should be able to do what we want…” has to break down at a certain point, the alternative is a slow relentless slide into crypto-capitalist (crypto like cryptozoology not cryptocurrency) dystopian oppression.