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IOS 6 and Facebook deep integration : creepy?
3 points by jman1 5117 days ago
Does any body see any issues with that? Things could be worse from a privacy perspective: a Facebook OS. But the bigger question is is this the right direction for us as a society ? Is this the right direction for capitalism. The argument should be looked from both sides.
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tsurantino 5117 days ago
I actually just don't get why, architecturally, a platform should have any incentive (besides business) to favour this app or that app.

You can see how this becomes complicated when Twitter & FB both recieved integration, as they both directly compete with each other in a number of spaces.

This kind of deep integration should've been done at an API level, where the user has more control over what kind of apps are deeply integrated, rather than the closed system that Apple supports.

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shadesandcolour 5117 days ago
What are your arguments against it? As a society I don't think that it affects us. We're simply taking things that people already did on Facebook and making them easier to do. Facebook exposed all of this through their API so there were plenty of apps implementing this anyways. It's just one less layer.

In terms of capitalism, I suppose that remains to be seen...

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jman1 5117 days ago
Well one argument against it is privacy. by companies zeroing in on the source of the information and coupled with critical mass consumers don't really have a choice unless being a total outcast. Between apple and Facebook they know a lot about you and your habits in return for giving you a place to upload pictures and throw cows at your friends. Besides the occaisonal desIre to voyeur.

From a business perspective the platform gives an opportunity to use InfOrmation creatively and develop products and sell them. I don't see how such a personal information based business model can sustain for two decades unless it's ok for us as a society to live as a statistic because of the sheer amont of data that has been created and analyzed on individuals and groups.

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Donito 5117 days ago
It's been on Windows Phone for over a year and it's the best thing ever :) Not creepy at all, but rather highly practical.
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