Sanctions? I am not sure the EU has enough clout to pull that off against something the likes of Palantir, I am sure that they would have to know it is there before they could ask for removal and FIOA or other legal devices are not going to be enough pry that open under this administration.
New Orleans PD...there was an article about it here recently. That is PT/Palantir's vision of the future. It is going to be pretty damn hard to stop once it gets going hopefully Facebook being on the front page of MSN for a couple of days will we a reckoning because the things the average person does not realise would REALLY upset them.
It is about saying, "NO" and not creating this in the first place. That's the point. Until devs figure out they are responsible for this the quicker it will end. Would FB and Palantir be where they are today without people smarter than the founders enabling this?
It is also a way to manipulate HN to allow those with similar views to prosper and reinforce those same ideas. Those who don't agree have less power...
And the argument that Chairman Pai made that this is what is holding back innovation, we will really see what that looks like when people have to pay for Facebook wonder how that might affect them...
Your last point is one that I find the most troubling. That NN would mean that the freedom of data is being subverted. Imagine the company (YC:2020!!) that could position themselves to be junctions on those disparate networks. I am sure there is a YC app being completed right now!
Nuanced and HN pretty much mutually exclusive. Additionally, on low-quality, given the level of discourse with in the US in general this is PBS level here! HN is pretty much 20-ish people whom think that you can have an actual discussion on the internet, and those over 30 who have enough experiential data to realize that will not happen. So where would you be on position Facebook's market cap and contribution to humanity has a whole are both overly valued but that within the vaccum of Silicon Valley there is more of a drive to be successful (make them dolla billz y'all) than advance mankind as a whole. And I will even conceded that Palantir would be the most vexing for me. In that it has enabled some rather spectacular work at the Nation-State level in making data accessible and malleable, but is the reason why the freedom of data movement is most at risk.
Advertising that you as the product have to opt into! Google is at least providing a service/product they give you a shiny something while they siphon your data. I think FB is pretty straight forward they take ALL of your information that you are willing to give up and they sell it. repeatedly. without conscience. for the money. If people stopped sharing or looking where would FB be? That is my problem with cap. They can buy other companies but none of them have anything productive to offer either but I bet they sell that info too.
It will be interesting remember that BGP "error" that Google caused Japan to drop off the internet things will really get fun!!! I can't wait for the offensive corporate tactics that will come into play to counter those deals.
HA! that is...oh wait you are SERIOUS!)*&^%$# it is cat pictures. That cap is way too high, they only reason it is successful is that people are sheep. Once they figure out how soylent green is made and the FCC chair ignites the internet apocalypse and people will suddenly have to PAY for that "service" Zuck will turn into Bill Gates. And I think we will all be better off.
They were just waiting until they needed it. They didn't fail they were just playing a different game. Now there is money to be made in sniffing all that additional traffic. Plus the last administration was on their side and that seems to have changed.
Also encryption by default and much larger user base mean there is more focus on iOS than Android (like the old windows versus mac virus argument) the difference I see is that you are much more likely to get compromised by an application on Android than iOS. And since Google has been very friendly with the USG I would find it much more likely that Enclave or not that it will be NSA weakened crypto that will be the demise of your Android rather than exotic exploits of your wifi. And if your paranoid you carry a Nokia 7715 and extra SIMs or you back something Debian based like Purism.