[RetiredTexasVet]

I say BS. Facebook’s business plan was to offer a “free” service but would make their big bucks on selling ads and information. People signing up signed away all their rights for the free use of the platform.

[Synthesist]

...Facebook’s business plan was to offer a “free” service but would make their big bucks on selling ads and information. People signing up signed away all their rights for the free use of the platform...

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EXACTLY! FB was not designed primarily to serve the interest of it’s members, but to instead exploit their members data/information by selling it to advertisers and other business interests. Sorry FB members, but that IS their business plan.

As y’all may have gathered, I’m NOT a FB member (victim) :)

[pepsionice]

“free service”

Absolutely correct. Their long-term plan in 2008/2009, was to build a database and rely upon yearly ‘rental’ or access to make the big-money.

The same gimmick is being done presently by the DNA-tests-for-cheap....they are banking your number results and expect in ten years that a large database exists, and someone will pay for access.