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Because while FB definitely doesn't like that this is happening, it will certainly cement their position. 3rd party ad services that are less tech/ML-forward are way way more relia…

I don't believe this is a realistic take on open-source. There's not a single successful modern OSS project that's not basically controlled by a single organization (or was not at …

It's not about whether or not it's foolish - the point is buying and setting up a subdomain, handing SEO, etc. is often more complex than some small business owners want to deal wi…

Apple is literally the one recommending the PSL I have no idea what you're talking about

The entire point of these generated subdomains is that you do not have to buy a domain name...

Do you have an actual response to this point or are you just criticizing that multiple people made that same argument?

Your point about commoditizing an existing market segment is extremely underrated. Companies should use open source where the existing solutions are blackbox but also commoditized.…

The numbers that are reported are reported by the company. When Pornhub says "118", they're telling you they really didn't try particularly hard. When FB says 84 million, that tell…

The reality is that this is being made out to be way more insidious than it is. Platforms should work with authorities so that bad actors like known terrorists can’t use a free pla…

This is easily the most vacuous of all the comments here. You just take statements and call them disingenuous or obvious lies with not even a shred of backup

An aspect of this which has not been very well engaged with is how people see Facebook and its products outside of America. A common response to this from pundits is that it's an A…

100% agree

I think for (1), it's completely fair for a company to investigate the potential financial motivations of their critics (for example, people were not this upset when Google pointed…

This is a completely absurd claim - if you’ve ever taken a class on modern day systems, you’d know Google is the source of many significant papers that inspired several huge open s…