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by malermeister 1704 days ago
The law says IKEA has to use certain non-flammable materials on mattresses etc to protect the individual.

Along the same lines, the law should say Facebook can't sell hardware that forces you to give up all your privacy to protect the individual.

This is not "I want Facebook to design a headset with blue stripes", this is "I don't want to be forced to give up my private data to use a product that would work just fine without".

I think the difference between the two should be obvious.