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by maxxxxx 2998 days ago
Exactly! Google, Twitter, Snap and others are exactly the same. It's exactly the same business models as Facebook's. The whole focus on Facebook is pretty misguided. Maybe it will hurt Facebook but there will be a ton of companies ready to jump in and do exactly the same or worse. In the end we need privacy regulation and make the business of selling customer data difficult to the point it doesn't make sense for most companies.
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They are not the same. Yes, they all collect a lot of information, but only Facebook allowed much of that information to come into possession of third parties.
Just wait. They will all look for ways to monetize their data once there is pressure to meet growth numbers.