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I think your latter point is correct, though whether Zuckerberg can make Apple feel any hurt remains to be seen. Personally, I think there is too much stink on Facebook at this point for them to regain any credibility.

Facebook is saying that if subscribers use the promotional link rather than the IAP option, then the creator gets 100% of the revenue. They seem to be trying to bait Apple into denying this functionality so they can say Apple is hurting the little guy; that Apple, not Facebook, is the Goliath to the creators' David. The talking points and justifications for the 30% fee are the weakest link in Apple's public relations messaging, and so Zuckerberg is trying to exploit that to Facebooks advantage. It's an attempt to drag another company's image down to their level because their's is irreparably damaged. I won't be surprised if Facebook soon targets other companies as well.

Note, I'm not calling them Meta. The whole name change is a cynical, transparent, and arrogant PR stunt to disassociate the company from the harm its core components cause. It's the same crap Google tried to pull with 'Alphabet,' but most of us, thankfully, still call them Google.

The name change is like 'Altria'. Phillip Morris by any other name is still a company that markets a product that if you use it correctly, it will kill you. It's cynical, and it works.
 
People never thought Blackberry would tumble, or that Apple would be come the trillion company it has become. Stranger things have happened.
Sure it’s a daunting task, but you have to start somewhere.
People joined en masse to create Facebook. The opposite has to happen.
If only there were an alternative.
There are alternatives, but no one uses them which makes them pointless.
 
Extorsion at it's finest, if we can't make money by stealing user data, we will make money by selling services to others to sell passes to private clubs on our network. This meta place will soon run out of cash, after they alienate all users by making them pay for use of their clubhouse.
 
Deleted many years ago. :cool:
You never delete Facebook. They just delete your access to the advertising data they still keep. They still track you because Facebook represents 25% of all ad revenue on the internet (Google has 28%, Amazon has 10%) so literally you can't escape them.
 
I'm sure Zuck would haul Apple in front of every court they could to get Apple to stop, and shower Congress with even more money to get them to legislate Apple to stop. They with the most money seem to win in games of those kinds.

EDIT: Dislike all you want. Money does often 'sway', or seek to 'influence' the justice system'.
Justice is something rarely seen in the U.S. court systems. As we have all seen in recent years, laws only apply to 'some' of us (ie, those who are not millionaires).
 
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At this point, I suggest… everyone needs to delete Facebook. Humanity will be better off without Facebook. They are just out here to invade your privacy and make money. This isn’t going to stop. Your privacy and the money is on the line.

I am sorry to tell its not just Facebook. Near all big tech and even small tech. Even privacy warrior Apple is starting to CSAM
 
I am sorry to tell its not just Facebook. Near all big tech and even small tech. Even privacy warrior Apple is starting to CSAM
I agree with this 300% and no its not about FaceBook, its about the coming GREAT RESET.

At this point, I suggest… everyone needs to delete Facebook. Humanity will be better off without Facebook. They are just out here to invade your privacy and make money. This isn’t going to stop. Your privacy and the money is on the line.
 
It’s so much fun coming here and reading comments when you work at the company the article is about and everyone loves to trash said company.
Facebook only gets away with it because most people are ignorant of the truly awful things they are responsible for (such as fuelling genocide).

Anybody that is familiar with how they operate never has a nice thing to say about them. If everyone trashes them, isn’t that telling you something? That they really are appalling.
 
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You know what I miss..... AIM. That was the first real social media. The Find A Buddy Wizard was awesome.

I wish someone would create a website where you can put as much or as little data as you care to share so people can find you and connect with you. You could list as many links, and such as you like. No minimum no max. Yeah an internet phonebook basically. You would also be able to select how much was publicly viewable and how much people you know can see once you verify you know them. I no longer have FB or anything. I have an Reddit, but I mainly use it for getting good laughs. I don't have any followers or friends on it. But there are people I have lost touch with that I wish I could chat with. It sucks.
 
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