Facebook buys WhatsApp - hundreds of thousands creeped out, go to Telegram app.
Facebook buys Oculus Rift, Minecraft creator cancels talks, creeped out.
Feels like that Facebook brand has taken a hit or two with all the privacy violations, huh?
Facebook buys Oculus Rift, Minecraft creator cancels talks, creeped out.
Feels like that Facebook brand has taken a hit or two with all the privacy violations, huh?
These are people who don't really follow developments in the tech sector and use computers as 'iPads with a mouse and keyboard'. The ones who generally shrug at revelations of surveillance and the dangers that come with too much of it.
It will be interesting to see what kind of impact this has on Facebook long-term, if any.
It's about Facebook's brand.
There are many things Facebook might want to do, but it can't, because people don't trust them, and their every movie is a potential cause for outrage.
No company wants to be left with the only alternative of buying their way into success, and as you see this doesn't work quite smooth, either.