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Hey now that’s not fair, there are plenty of other companies in the same boat. Basically all of big tech, in fact.

No one's in the same boat as meta. They've been out front leading the fleet all by themselves since their inception.

So flock or palantir are less bad?

I believe both of them would face more public pressure if Meta hadn't normalized egregious corporate surveillance.

Meta surveillance isn’t anywhere near as understood by the masses as you think. Most people who call flock bad will continuing to use Facebook and wouldn’t think twice about it.

You're excusing but not refuting.

The behavior of "most people" or "other companies" doesn't change the fact that Meta's business model is and has always been built around invading, compromising and monetizing user privacy.

If it has a Meta label on it, your privacy is being compromised.

I’m not refuting that meta is a terrible company. I’m refuting that meta has somehow enabled flock.

I think they’re all terrible.

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