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Re:Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny by ja30278 on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:43PM (#936884)
It's a reference to the old roach motel slogan: "Roaches check in, but they can't check out".

In this case, referring to the fact that Facebook doesn't exactly go out of their way to provide you with the ability to 'take your data and leave'. Can you get an easy dump of all of your comments? Your friends' contact info? Your photos?

Re:Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny by madair on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @09:23PM (#936953)
Cool metaphor, I'll have to remember that.
Re:Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny by u238 on Thursday November 12, 2009 @03:30AM (#937387)
Yes, through the API.