Comment on Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
easily3667@lemmus.org 5 weeks agoIt’s called “history”, not “outdated”. Op is comparing a historical behavior with a current behavior.
Comment on Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
easily3667@lemmus.org 5 weeks agoIt’s called “history”, not “outdated”. Op is comparing a historical behavior with a current behavior.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
The current tobacco companies are no longer any more evil than any other business is my point. It’s a bad comparison for a modern day Social Media company, especially since so little of the population today was around for when Tobacco companies were at there worst.
easily3667@lemmus.org 4 weeks ago
Op didn’t say social media companies today are like tobacco companies today. They said social media companies today are like tobacco companies at their worst.
…wikipedia.org/…/United_States_v._Philip_Morris
This was 1999. Just because you’re under 25 doesn’t mean most of the world population is under 25.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
yeah they did.