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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They are the worst of the worst, and I will never use an instance that voluntarily federates with Threads. I respect MS more than Meta, and that's a pretty incredible feat on the part of Meta.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

MS is catching up tho. Imagine Facebook style OS lol can't escape the tracking ever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Good thing I avoid them too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ya.. It can be de gogoled tbo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but my point was that you don't have to go far to imagine such a thing. It's been here for ages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Once electronics get cheap enough, FB will probably ship free devices with some fbOS spyware. Like how they’ll zero rate data if they’re allowed to in a given region.

Per our heroes at the EFF:

Such “pay for play” arrangements favor big content providers who can afford to pay for access to users' eyeballs, and marginalize those who can't, such as nonprofits, startups, and fellow users.