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The cavalier attitude says to me that this company is still a start up at heart. Early-stage companies often break a lot of rules that’s how you get big. Facebook is just still doing it.
This "it's ok to act immorally and illegally when you're a startup" attitude has to die in a fire.
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#14I'm disappointed that Google was fine with Onavo being in the Play Store and it took Facebook (!) itself to actually remove the app.
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The cavalier attitude says to me that this company is still a start up at heart. Early-stage companies often break a lot of rules that’s how you get big. Facebook is just still doing it.
This "it's ok to act immorally and illegally when you're a startup" attitude has to die in a fire.
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#16I'm disappointed that Google was fine with Onavo being in the Play Store and it took Facebook (!) itself to actually remove the app.
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This "it's ok to act immorally and illegally when you're a startup" attitude has to die in a fire.
Governments need to stop trying to regulate everything so hard it stifles business then. Without Uber taxis would be even worse than they are today.
It's the Walmart model: Make a loss until the others go under thanks to deepest pockets. When none remain, raise prices markedly.
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This "it's ok to act immorally and illegally when you're a startup" attitude has to die in a fire.
Problem is governments never really acted aside from the US congressional hearings. While this is happening, Facebook's profits are up. There's really nothing compelling Zuck and Facebook to act morally and legally.
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#20However it got me thinking. What if FB and others went to the popular VPN services (like ExpressVPN) and said ‘here’s $xxx million - could you share aggregate data about visits to our competitors’. How many would go for it?