As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds, documents show

Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by marcellus23 on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:02PM (#29071354)

There's a huge number of companies out there that are not as evil as those big ones. And even among those big ones, there are obvious choices for ones that are more or less bad, to anyone with principles. And yes, it is pretty easy to find a job somewhere else if you have Google or Netflix on your resume.

"every company does bad things and therefore they're all equally bad, phew, now I don't have to leave my cushy $300K FAANG job where I push microtransactions to little kids" is not very convincing.

It comes down to greed and prestige; that's all.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by 1024core on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:33PM (#29071832)

> There's a huge number of companies out there that are not as evil as those big ones.

Facebook didn't start off targeting 6yos. Once you go public, you're on a treadmill to keep delivering profits for Wall Street. So who's to say that the new startup you join will continue to be this angel who does no evil?

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by MiguelX413 on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:05PM (#29072292)

Who's to say that you have to stay at the new startup you join if they start going that direction too?

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