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by lapetitejort 1805 days ago
Yeah, a better question might be: "How can I convince a VC that there's a buck to be made when the user can just take all their data and leave?"
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"Look, many countries are enforcing privacy rights; the ad model isn't sustainable. You should start a social media network with a different model so that you can be the first mover who benefits from network effects when the privacy shoe finally drops".

Something like that, although I don't delude myself into thinking that's coming in the near future unless perhaps Apple makes it part of its new privacy-centric campaign. Even then I'm not sure Apple would do better with respect to free speech and moderation.