[natestemen]

To be completely honest, I don't think many people outside the tech bubble have realized the extent to which facebook used and collected users data.

I just don't feel like it's fair to say everybody has known for years. Maybe in your circle, but certainly not in every ones.

[austincheney]

> Maybe in your circle

What if the audience in question is limited to people reading Hacker News? Do they have an excuse for the sudden change of heart?

[trgn]

Absolutely, people change their opinions all the time, they don't need an excuse, rather, a welcoming pat on the back. It's a good thing!

[pjc50]

I thought HN had been fairly privacy-skeptical of Facebook for a while.

Often with these things it's not the same people switching from a view to its opposite, it's more that one group shuts up and the other speaks up. The collective appears to change its mind without any individual having crossed the floor.