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Survey shows Gmail users would gladly sacrifice features for more privacy
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I’ll never understand why Facebook didn’t just offer opt-in privacy features to placate the small percentage of the population that care and make noise about these things. They’d likely still be a major hub and would’ve lost a small slice of a much bigger pie.
Because Opt-in is their kryptonite. They know very well that 99% of their users never change the default settings. They will fight tooth and nail against privacy by default because it's against their business model.
Yeah that’s what I mean. Add privacy features but make them opt in.
Does mark look like a smart person to you?
I mean yes he looks like a total nerd. Got into Harvard on merit and Microsoft had already tried to buy a company off him he started in high school.
But seems the success and everyone blowing smoke up his arse warped his perspective.
Carney or Zuckerberg?
Zuck