[girvo]

I agree with your points, too. I think I wasn't clear, I feel that Facebook's behaviour is deplorable, I just don't find it surprising is all :)

Also, somewhat off-topic but

> drug dealers come to mind as the only business that does this

Drug dealers don't even do that themselves (product is too expensive and it takes while to become an addict, and even then it's not guaranteed revenue)!

[josho]

Lol. So, FB comes out worse in comparison to drug dealers.

I agree with you that it isn't surprising because it seems to be in FB's DNA to perform bait and switch like tactics (privacy policies come to mind as well). I wonder if that DNA spreads to their business internals (e.g. treatment of staff, inter-departmental agreements, etc)