On: When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed fake data” option

[johnwheeler]

Unpopular opinion: No, it shouldn’t. That would be unethical. Aggregating cohorts of data to determine what you might or might not like to buy, and vigorously safeguarding that data since you know it will cost your business billions in market cap if it is exposed is far more reasonable. Yours is just a passive aggressive way to “ruin Facebook”.

If you want to ruin Facebook, push for legislation. Do it the right way.

[23B1 → johnwheeler]

Gosh, you mean big corporations will be forced to compete on the basis of the quality of their products – instead of their ability to aggregate, destroy, and exploit the privacy of their users?

[rcstank → johnwheeler]

Legislation will just hurt the little guys trying to start up. Once so much red tape is involved, it’s very difficult for innovation and competition.

[23B1 → rcstank]

It's unclear to me how the inability to hoover up data and exploit users' privacy would prevent someone from creating an innovative experience.