[jbwyme]

It's funny to me how many people are outraged at Facebook's focus on data collection and privacy "invasion" for the sake of monetization. Every company is using whatever data they can access to make as much money as possible without alienating their user base.

Facebook might be more aggressive (or perhaps just more transparent) about it. However, to think, as a rule, any company (particularly a public company) is making decisions based on ethics or your best interest is naive. It's all about revenue.

[rubatuga]

I think there's an outrage because this time Facebook is infiltrating our social lives and interactions to a level never seen before. When was the last time that one company had such overarching power and knowledge into human interactions? It's scary to me, because I can think of ways the general public can be deceived, manipulated, and exploited for commercial gain. Facebook is also quite the monopoly in social media, and as mentioned in the comments, it has already acquired its competitors Whatsapp and Instagram. Facebook has the potential to become very anticompetitive, and it's current practices might be harmful to the general public in the near future.