[forgotmyhnacc]

If Facebook offers a public API, people will complain that Facebook hasn't learned their lesson from Cambridge analytica. If they don't, then they're accused of having a walled garden. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[dmix]

I thought Cambridge Analytica had access to far more data than was available on the public API which is what made it so controversial?

[ArtDev]

Yes, that was precisely the issue.

[lalos]

Who started with this whole facebook = "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". Been seeing this all over the place. Is it just a catchy phrase or some higher up in the tech world said it and everyone is parroting it?

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[munmaek]

CA had access to information they never should've had. Just like phone apps having access to a Contacts API that they never should have that kind of access to.

Having a tightly managed API would be just fine.