Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ckastner 2398 days ago
I understand the trick, I just don't believe that it can play out.

A contract also needs consent. This contract is clearly entered only because Facebook is making it a condition of using the service, and this type of coupling is prohibited.

1 comments

> This contract is clearly entered only because Facebook is making it a condition of using the service

The contract is entered when a user registers at Facebook. However Facebook seems disagree about what the contract involves. Any sane person (well, 96% of them, as the article claims) would say that the contract is for delivery of means to communicate with other people; Facebook seems to argue that the contract is for delivery of personalized ads.