Google’s new popup will further weaken Facebook’s advertisement business

Post by motoboi » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:32 PM UTC

dazc wrote: post #8

motoboi wrote: post #4

So we basically are seeing that google was "right" from their point of view in securing a mobile OS. Facebook maybe thought this day would never arrive and could have avoided that by doing their own mobile OS too. Well, maybe they declared this battle as lost and focused on the next one: VR. Problem is that VR took too long to arrive and death on mobile can kill Facebook?

'...and death on mobile can kill Facebook?' Seriously wondering what impact this would have on the world other than a positive one?

Post by kaybe » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:35 PM UTC

dazc wrote: post #8

motoboi wrote: post #4

So we basically are seeing that google was "right" from their point of view in securing a mobile OS. Facebook maybe thought this day would never arrive and could have avoided that by doing their own mobile OS too. Well, maybe they declared this battle as lost and focused on the next one: VR. Problem is that VR took too long to arrive and death on mobile can kill Facebook?

'...and death on mobile can kill Facebook?' Seriously wondering what impact this would have on the world other than a positive one?

Post by HappySweeney » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

vorticalbox wrote: post #9

arcanus wrote: post #2

Corporate warfare in the internet age. Interesting to see how Apple and Google can materially impact FB.

I'm not sure this is effecting Facebook as much as they are making out. People are still using Facebook, posting pictures, tagging people they know, checking into locations, posting what they buy and so on. Still pently of information to track and sell to advertisers.

Post by thekyle » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

jraph wrote: post #20

speeder wrote: post #5

Whenever I read articles like this, I get more and more horrified. I mean, I know that adtech spy on us a lot, but I didn't knew for example that using Bluetooth while the app is shut down was possible. Makes me very wary even of dumbphones, for example I bought a dumbphone recently, and yet it came with Facebook and Google Assistant both pre-installed.

if it has facebook and google assistant, isn't it really an (Android) smartphone which looks like a dumb phone?

Post by HappySweeney » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:38 PM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #12

an_opabinia wrote: post #3

The value of the location based tracking is overrated. Anyway, if you post an image to Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp, the EXIF data has your location, or it can be solved from the content of the image.

With the exception of people who travel a lot, I really don't see why location, beyond what users enter into Facebook themself, would be particular useful. That seems to be the theme with Facebook, they collect a ton of information that isn't obviously useful. So what do Facebook know that the rest of us don't? Because the engineers at Facebook aren't stupid, they must have a reason for collecting all this stuff. Per…