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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago

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

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Good thing I avoid them too.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago
[-] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago

Ya.. It can be de gogoled tbo

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago
[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 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.

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