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mrluckysmithon Why don't more developers “use the platform”?

“The platform” sucks for the following reasons: * cross-platform differences * hard to style and make it seamless with your existing UI * not extendible with custom functionality

Could be a right choice in some cases, but it never was in my personal experience.

mrluckysmithon Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop

Oligarchs can always opt out and they do opt out. It's almost the definition of having power: rules for thee but not for me.

mrluckysmithon Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop

Personal space intrusion doesn't equal monitoring public roads.

mrluckysmithon Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop

I think Flock could be very useful to track actual criminals. However, any queries to the system must require a warrant and publicly available track record.