Andres4NY, 25 days ago

@mcfly piracy validated once again

WhyNotZoidberg, 25 days ago

@mcfly it's not shocking, it is 100% expected.

skjeggtroll, 26 days ago

@mcfly

And somehow their ad targetting and recommendations still suck.

mcfly, 26 days ago

@skjeggtroll This is a thing that i find amazing. All the data and their recomendations is STILL THAT SHIT.
A lot of that does not need data. I bought a vacuum cleaner. Vacuum cleaner ads for a month.

jeff, 26 days ago

@mcfly why is that shocking that is literally their business model?

mcfly, 26 days ago

@jeff I don't think that's allowed in europe.

Or is the data exchange limited to the US?

luca, 26 days ago

@mcfly @leyrer Sounds less scary when you take into account that access to the API endpoint doesn't give you access to the inbox, it only allows you to get permission from users to access their messages. Only after a user agrees you can read/send messages on behalf of the user.

mcfly, 26 days ago

@luca That's interesting and different to what i read elsewhere.

I took the differences as "different API consumers get different endpoints" but maybe i am wrong.

Do you happen to have a link?

splatt9990, 26 days ago

@mcfly The only 'shocking' part of this is that anyone is shocked about it. At this point, finding out that facebook/meta is doing shady shit with your private data is like finding out that Hitler wasn't a good person.

mcfly, 26 days ago

@splatt9990 I think i would be interested if they still do it - in the EU.

I'd be shocked to find out they are.

john, 26 days ago

@mcfly ew, gross. I ditched Facebook years ago, but good to know Netflix is giving them my watching habits!

HunkThunderzone, 26 days ago

@mcfly

"But we should totally let Meta into the fediverse, and it's super mean if anyone doesn't want to federate with Threads."

DasTausW, 26 days ago

@HunkThunderzone @mcfly So they might see the private messages you write to Threads users. Everything else you post is public anyway…
While Meta is REALLY a bad company, I still see its participation on the Fediverse as a good thing.

mcfly, 26 days ago

@DasTausW @HunkThunderzone The common company handbook is that certain type of actions will be only possible on the platform itself and therefore trying to get you back into their walled garden.