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People != the market. Anecdotally Facebook usage among my circles has dropped. Most of that activity has shifted to Instagram which Facebook, Inc. owns but the
by timeisapear 8y ago
People != the market. Anecdotally Facebook usage among my circles has dropped. Most of that activity has shifted to Instagram which Facebook, Inc. owns but the general stigma attached to it is less.
- beavisthegenius 8y agoLess stigma but absolutely nothing changed. Also, Zuck is going to merge FB, IG & WA so your circles have effectively done nothing.
- intopieces 8y agoSure. But the market is a good proxy. Investors are betting billions that people don’t care about privacy and so far that bet has been good
- anoncake 8y agoFacebook is a natural monopoly. People have to use it, whether they like it or not, whether they care about privacy or not.
- c1sc0 8y agoNo one has to use Facebook.
- anoncake 8y agoNo one has to use electricity, for a uselessly narrow definition of "have to".
- intopieces 8y agoFacebook's usefulness outweighs users' concerns about privacy, which leads me to conclude that users don't "actually" care about privacy. They might wish that Facebook were different, but that wish hasn't translated into loss of market share for Facebook.