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I wouldn’t really call it savvy. Most people can think of these tactics but many people wouldn’t actually do it. The difference is he doesn’t care about unfairly screwing other people over for his own personal gain. I bet you he rationalizes it like it’s just competition. A multibillion dollar company that can hire 10,000 with a snap of a finger vs a million dollar startup. Yup, just competition.

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Genuinely curious, what part of the parent comment is "unfairly screwing other people over for his own personal gain"?

Seems like ordinary business moves to me to buy up competitors. The competitors are paid pretty large sums for their sale so not sure who's being screwed over here.

The consumer is, in nearly every instance.

How are consumers "unfairly screwed over?" They use FB products at their own discretion.

Google " radicalization by social media " Normal people can't quit social networks, they are part of iot life. If you can put them aside, you are not normalnby definiton.

I had to reply because I can't downvote.

Might as well say that cars, computers, television, and clothes are "screwing the consumer over" if your definition is they are part of life and "normal" society can't function without them.

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