[rkangel]

> The fact that Facebook appears to consider user consent an existential threat to their business model tells me everything I need to know about them right now.

They see it as the beginning of a slippery slope. And I hope they're right!

The concept of social media and living our lives on the internet is new, in the scale of things. The last ~10 years have been like the period of time where the sun goes in but the thermostat hasn't noticed yet. Now people have decided they don't like being cold (having their data harvested) and are pushing back.