[Magnatron]

Hooray for Apple!

I'm getting creeped out more and more by Facebook's invasive spying. The other day, my wife and I drove past a Crate and Barrel nestled among several other well-known stores. My wife said: "I'd like to stop in Crate and Barrel". I told her we didn't have time and we drove to our dinner. She didn't look anything up on her phone. She didn't even have her Facebook app open on her iPhone. She just made the statement she wanted to stop in Crate and Barrel. She otherwise never shops at that store.

When we arrived home, she opened her Facebook app on her phone, and there, prominently, was an ad for Crate and Barrel.

There's some evil s**t going on there...

[McGavin999]

That’s great! Now if only they would make products in the US......

[Organic Panic]

FFB. I got a new phone, begrudgingly. I had to root it all the way down to the base OS and erase the filth of facebook. I don’t have it, don’t use it, don’t want it, didn’t ask for it, yet it is hard installed on the phone I got. I don’t want google either but don’t want to pay the premium for the iphones. If I had the option I’d go back to my old Blackberry.

[House Atreides]

Yep.... APPLE = PRIVACY for its customers.

FACEBOOK (and Google, Twitter, et al) = Harvest, sell any monetize ALL available data and information about their users.

[Paladin2]

FaceBook needs to be planted under the grass.

[TexasGator]

Perhaps she had been looking at their website before you left.

[Chgogal]

Thank you Apple

[Rummyfan]

In a clash of the Tech Titans, social media giant Facebook has lashed out at iPhone maker Apple in a full-page ad in at least three U.S. newspapers, claiming that Facebook is standing up to Apple on the behalf of small businesses.

Facebook fighting on behalf of small businesses? That's a laugh!

[Vision]

Facebook is probably doing this to deflect attention from their vote buying efforts in swing states.

[SharpRightTurn]

Better put some ice on it, Suckerberg.

[Star Traveler]

LOL ... I love it! Keep it up, Apple! I’m all for it.

[Torquay]

Good cop, bad cop routine! MANIPULATION!!! They’re both EVIL! No thanks!

[bobcat62]

try making sure the Failbook app on your phone:

- cannot access location services
- cannot run in the background

see if the snooping disappears

[Swordmaker]

Facebook blasts Apple for not allowing Facebook to track iPhone/iPad users for advertising purposes, claiming that Facebook is standing up for small businesses. BULL PUCKY!

I have a FaceF**k account to view pictures of my grandkids, but often see the sponsored ads that FB sends my way. These ads are frequently SCAMS claiming to be supposedly selling real products such as a four-seater electric automobile for $169.99 shipping included! These vehicles actually exist, but sell for over $8000, FOB factory, without batteries. Similar ads for a garden tractor for $119.99 with all accessories on FB, but actually retails for $1999.99 without accessories. But when I flag them to FaceF**K, the complaint is routinely ignored.

These ads are replete with users who are commenting about how they’ve paid their money and eagerly awaiting delivery of their cars. Other similar ads are for expensive, very detailed fully assembled models of spacecraft for $29.99, shipping included... also existing products which retail for almost $500.00 as a DIY kit. . . Again, shipping not included. More SCAMS. There’s a whole industry of scammed R/C models being scammed for under $30 of R/C models that sell for over $400 retail, with the scams being pushed at Christmas as gifts. Yet, FB does nothing to protect their members and viewers.

Often FB’s moderators REMOVE my warning posts these are ads SCAMS and I’ve been given timeouts for violating their rules for posting warnings. FaceF**k is willing to accept the ad revenue for these SCAM ads but completely unwilling to even minimally curate the obvious scamming content of these scams. BAH! —PING!

FACEBOOK V. APPLE PING!

If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.

[monkeyshine]

I don’t care much for either company. Apple puts up a pretense of defending the privacy of their users but really it’s more just a turf war against their rivals. I do use an iPhone but it’s 6 years old and I absolutely refuse to spend $1200 for a new one.

[martin_fierro]

This is why I enjoy visiting mewe.com (or FreeRepublic on MeWe) on my Mac.