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I think the appropriate response to them is, "do you promise?"
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I'm curious... if you hate Meta (and their crappy apps / sites) so much - can we assume you already don't use them? If you don't use them, why do you care if they exist or not?
Nearly every response in this thread is the same. I don't get it.
Disclaimer - I don't care for any of Meta's crap either - I don't use them - and I wouldn't care one way or another if they shut them all down or added more.
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In part it may be jealousy, Zuckerberg is a nerd that actually made billions, he may be a thieving bastard but he got the prize. This irritates the crap out of the rest of us.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: he may be a thieving bastard
Reminds of a song lyric.Dylan Lyric: Steal a little and they throw you in jail
Steal a lot and they make you king
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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fgs1963 wrote: If you don't use them, why do you care if they exist or not?
Because it's the people who keep using their services who need all the help they can get to snap out of it.
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Ahhh… the “save the poor unwashed masses” approach. I like it!
I agree that social media has 1000x more negatives than positives. I could even get behind a plan to kill it all, but shouldn’t we get behind that plan regardless of Meta vs. EU?
Also, where do Internet forums like CP’s Lounge fit in? Might we be cutting off our noses to spite our face? Where does @ChrisMaunder fit in? He’s probably a few billion behind Zuckerberg but he may look pretty rich to some poor Canadian trucker. 
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In my case because they keep profiles of you, even when you don't use it.
I can't opt out for the like buttons of many webs, tracking pixels and other staff they use.
Additionally because I don't like such threats. They need us more than we need them, so what the hell do they do acting like a prepotent jerk?
Do you want to go? There is the door, please close it behind you.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Well, never toot someone else's horn.
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Subject to the legal limitations on making noise during certain hours of the day and in residential neighbourhoods - go ahead!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar[^]
Sadly, they didn't start early enough to let me see - way before 1995 - but it's an impressive catalog of space images anyway!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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They built the JWST in an attempt to photograph the day I was born. At least, it feels like that, some days.  
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They needed to go back to 1948 for me! 
ed
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49 for me!
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I was feeling old, but no more: 59 was mine!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And I'm a real spring chicken - born in 1964. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm a kid by camparison, 67.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Tch! Kids ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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'77; and wondering how they got that far.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Yeah, well - all of you can get off my lawn! I was conceived on the evening of the day when the Western Allies crossed the Rhine, according to my mother. The interesting thing is that my father, an officer in the Royal Corps of Signals working in a bunker deep below London, knew about it a day before the the life forms living above ground...
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45 for me, one of the 'silent generation'.
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See what you did...started an informal poll!  So far, with the results of our weekend regulars, I don't feel so old. 1966 for me!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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A good year for wine, cheese and babies.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Bugger. Just missed out by a few decades.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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