[kakaorka]

Makes me think about the quote ‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!’ Of course they don’t care about anything but profit and growth because it’s what makes them richer.

[viburnum]

The leadership of Facebook has more money than they could ever enjoy. They do all this sleazy stuff because they enjoy being sleazy.

[mrguyorama]

You should really take a look at the price tags of luxury yachts sometime. The cost of extreme luxury expands to completely use up the unending streams of money directed at it

[sevensor]

Perhaps, but this quote is used so frequently on HN that you should probably just assume it's already been posted to every comment thread.

[hyperdimension]

What, you haven't had enough of that quote yet? How about "If it's free, you're not the customer, you're the product?"

[sevensor]

That one should be in a banner across the top.