Subj : Re: ..the End of Targeted
To   : Arelor
From : esc
Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 06:56 pm

 Ar> Well, Facebook being blocked from delivering targetted ads is our
 Ar> Governments protecting us from the abuse of an evil corporation. That
 Ar> used to be a Good Thing for the Das Kapital brigade.

I'm very leery of the government deciding that protecting people like this eventually turns into the government regulating what people can talk about. I'd much rather a company try to make what they believe to be the right moral/ethical/business decision where we can debate it in the court of public opinion, but as soon as a government gets involved, I get a bit dismayed.

 Ar> I have already ran into some people who thinks Government should prevent
 Ar> abusive corporative behavior that is not very different from Facebook s
 Ar> here, but somehow Facebook gets a free pass? They cannot have it both
 Ar> ways. If governments should interfere to prevent abusive prices for
 Ar> phone subscriptions (which are opt-in) then you cannot defend Facebook
 Ar> is a legit company being victimized by the evil governments of doom.

Interesting perspective, but a phone is basically a critical need in this day and age, similar to medicine, food, etc., much of which the government has a say in regulating. I reject the notion that Facebook is a vital utility like having a phone, but agree to disagree I suppose.

 Ar> I mean, the real school lefties had principles. The Sex Pistols dude got
 Ar> bankrupt tryig to prevent Disney from using his stuff because he didn t
 Ar> want Sex Pistols to belong to (and I quote) Mickey Fucking Mouse.

I mean...he's like, one person, who is pretty fringe on the left. Can't expect everyone with liberal values to go to that extreme.

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