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For what it’s worth, I unequivocally agree with you.

But if you spent any time with the older generation over the holiday break, it’s immediately obvious why it makes no difference. They sit there and scroll Facebook and Instagram advertising slop for multiple hours literally every single day.

Facebook will keep hoovering up cash until at least that generation dies off (and possibly the one after that too).

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Oh sure but a) people don't realize the scandals or magnitude of them and b) they literally captured every network effect

Myspace was a hot mess but they got everyone that was there at the start of the internet where if I'm on it, you join, because you're on it Alice joins and Bob then follows

Facebook has rigged the game by forcing everyone there using very underhanded tactics and the internet is still young so they're able to succeed in doing so

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