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Of course. Facebook doesn't have an app store like Google or Apple. You think Apple isn't using usage data from the app store to figure out where to invest resources? Apple is essentially stifling competition on their platform. Facebook's entire business relies on the success of its apps, which are at the mercy of Apple and Google's policies despite being competitiors in message, video, etc.

Facebook paying for this data makes sense, and I see nothing wrong here.

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That is very evidently not the same. They're decrypting data from all communications.

I'm not coming out and calling you a shill, but you seem to defend Facebook in all of your Facebook related comments. I'm curious why you seem to think facebook deserves to exist in it's current dystopian form. That you would defend them for decrypting literally all private and unrelated-to-facebook data of unaware and vulnerable teenagers strains my credulity.

I mean, I don't think apple is reading the TLS encrypted data of the applications they host.

Of course, they control the entire operating system and the app store. They don't need to figure out which apps your using by the traffic that's being sent.

As per their policy:

"We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Apple’s products, services, and customer communications."

Even if we accept your premise that OS vendors are inherently malicious actors rootkitting your devices, how does that justify Facebook’s own unethical activity?

It doesnt...what the commenter won't acknowledge is that Facebook doesn't care about what anyone thinks is ethical or unethical...Facebook only cares about the Data you're giving them to harvest....this is pretty common with most Facebook employees i've interfaced with...General lack/disregard for anyone or anything that disagrees with the Facebook "mission" (Paycheck)

I actually have to agree with you. What we are observing here is a battle for the 1. Place on the IT data food chain.

It has never been a matter of respecting privacy. Just a matter of who owns Ur data. FACEBOOK vs. APPLE.

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