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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 135 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (14 children)

Dude could have just been successful letting Facebook be a tool to keep in touch with friends and family. Instead he has all these weird, unnecessary ideas about how to manipulate and spy on people.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

Thing is, it's not the dude. It's the system that forces most dudes to keep coming up with new ways to make ever higher profit. If they don't, they open the door to competition that would. Then their competitor could eventually overtake them, take their customers and profits, then do a hostile or peaceful purchase of the dude's firm.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Why do you act like this is a bad thing? You just described how it's supposed to work.

Look at Tom from MySpace. He had it all. Got overtaken by the competition. Now he just travels the world, takes pictures, and does whatever the fuck he wants.

Zuck is never going to want for a damn thing for the rest of his life. The fact that he hasn't just fucked off to paradise is a Zuck problem.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it wasn't a bad thing for Tom, but it very much was bad for the rest of us that Facebook took over.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Totally great for Tom in the short to medium term. Long term.. maybe, if he finds an isolated self-sufficient place to spend the rest of his days. Either way he'll be better off than the rest of us no matter what.

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