that's beside the point. Facebook and its products are growing regardless if you like them/know about their business (as if its some sort of esoteric practice...?), to state otherwise isnt worth discussing much less posting about on here
What does success have to do with popular opinion or morality? Has anyone here said facebook isn't successful?
These companies get most of their profit from addicting people and keeping them addicted.
They have the same moral standing as a drug dealer.
For what it’s worth I don’t like FB because of Zuck and his FU attitude towards his user’s privacy (he was quoted early on calling his users “dumb fucks” if I’m remembering correctly).