Facebook (Meta), as well as Google, are truly evil companies in my view.
I cannot muster much empathy for the layoffs. They work for a moral bankrupt company whose impact on the internet, or even the whole world, is extremely negative.
Data stealing and selling, addicting gambling patterns, monopoly building, selling information space to the highest bidders. The list goes on and on.
Also the impact on the internet and communication tech cannot be overstated, facebook and Google set the precedent and brought down moral barriers. Nowadays, every other company tries to copy them and mine your data to make money off it.
Unlike Google, Facebook did not even start with the good intentions a la "Don't be evil.", to bring value to the world.
Zuckerberg, right after facebook took off, allegedly said that famous quote about the users and their willingness to trust him and his companies to be "dumbfucks" for doing it. I agree. But to add, not the person trusting is the problem, the person abusing that trust is. That's basically the main business model of facebook as well as Google and some others. Manipulating users to share more, making users addicted, abusing trust, constantly spying on you and selling your secrets.
The world is better off if Facebook will go down is my opinion.
I cannot muster much empathy for the layoffs. They work for a moral bankrupt company whose impact on the internet, or even the whole world, is extremely negative.
Data stealing and selling, addicting gambling patterns, monopoly building, selling information space to the highest bidders. The list goes on and on.
Also the impact on the internet and communication tech cannot be overstated, facebook and Google set the precedent and brought down moral barriers. Nowadays, every other company tries to copy them and mine your data to make money off it.
Unlike Google, Facebook did not even start with the good intentions a la "Don't be evil.", to bring value to the world. Zuckerberg, right after facebook took off, allegedly said that famous quote about the users and their willingness to trust him and his companies to be "dumbfucks" for doing it. I agree. But to add, not the person trusting is the problem, the person abusing that trust is. That's basically the main business model of facebook as well as Google and some others. Manipulating users to share more, making users addicted, abusing trust, constantly spying on you and selling your secrets.
The world is better off if Facebook will go down is my opinion.