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Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

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[-] penquin@lemm.ee 160 points 1 year ago

Trying to understand what the fuck the headline is talking about be like:

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You're not kidding, holy heck my brain.

[+] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 88 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] Shake747@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 1 year ago

Yeah, what a horrible headline lol.

It's about Facebook allegedly stopping it's streaming service to keep one of its largest ad revenue customers happy (Netflix), but also that court docs were unsealed in an anti trust suit, and Facebook may have agreements with Spotify and Netflix, to allow them to read users DM's (no idea why that's relevant but yeah, fuck Facebook! Lol)

It's very speculative though and may not be true. Not that it'd surprise me if it were true either though..

🤷 Does anyone here even use Facebook?

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

🤷 Does anyone here even use Facebook?

I think a lot of people use it out of necessity

It's hard to dump a messaging platform if you need to talk to certain people

[-] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yea i prefer other platforms but all my friends use it, its the only real way to talk to my mom remotely (shes deaf) and for all its faults its consistent and reliable

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

excuse my curiosity, i don't use facebook. What makes facebook a helpful messenger for a deaf user?

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I assume they mean that making a regular phone call is not an option, and FB Messenger is better than SMS. Just speculation, though.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

But there so many other and much better options than Messenger for text chat, so I still do not understand the need.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

But there so many other and much better options than Messenger for text chat, so I still do not understand the need.

[-] freebread@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I deactivated Facebook proper years ago but still have Messenger active due to one group chat and the ability to contact many people I don't have other contact info for. I don't install it on my phone or access it on my desktop- only have it on my old iPad. Check it maybe once or twice a month.

If I ever get a new iPad, I'm probably going to cut it off for good.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh wow, I already figured that government agents had free access to Facebook DMs but the lawsuit alleging Netflix and other companies getting access to what users say to each other? That's a new one, we'll see how those claims play out. It wouldn't be surprising to me.

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

As I read it it's more that Netflix can send users DMs to tell them about their new show?

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I think that's in there but also this report was linked in the article:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/report-facebook-let-companies-get-even-more-data-than-previously-known/

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago

Remember, if you're sliding into her DMs, so is Netflix

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