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tempest@lemmy.ca 1 week agoI mean they were built to make money, the fact that you can send them a national security letter is just a happy accident that keeps the NSA from having to run more datacenters.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I respectfully disagree. They were built for power and control. Monestisation just paid for it and helped adoption.
spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I think you’ve got it backwards. Like the other person said, this shit was built to make money, the power and control came later. Said power and control also came from the mobeypartially from the money, since money is just power coupons, and they used that to buy up competitors and regulators alike.