Does it mean we should keep technology backwards because a stupid minority will misuse it? In this case should we also ban cash machines, since idiots may withdraw all their cash & throw it in the wind?
> stupid minority
It's a stupid majority.
No, it's not because of an API, it's because of the monopoly of Facebook. Without the monopoly they would value security of their users and would be afraid to loose them.
Cambridge Analytica happened because the same folks who fund Steve Bannon and Parler wanted it to happen.