Mark Zuckerberg says Apple and Google should manage parental consent for apps, not Meta | TechCrunch
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In today's online safety hearing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg again pushed back at the idea that businesses like his should be responsible for managing
    • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      11 months ago

      I had the same reaction, but then… Do you think they care?

      They’re probably the most installed application worldwide. Definitely the most installed social media application worldwide.

      I just googled it, and the top result was Facebook, and then Instagram. If that’s correct, “fucking go right ahead, I guess? Kick me off your platforms. I already dominated both of them.” -zuck, probably.

      • MrNesser@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        11 months ago

        Consider that result if apple and google suddenly yanked the app off the store, within 5 years facebook wouldnt exist on mobile devices.

        Sigh i can dream

      • Kusuriya@infosec.pubEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        I doubt that would be even close to his response right now. He tried to do some level of that with Apple’s upgrades to privacy that allowed you to neuter apps basically. He thought he would get an exception because we are Facebook we will just pull out!

        What he got instead was a line in a investor call talking about how the changes in apple’s privacy and transparency rules took a bigger bite out of revenue than expected because it turns out when asked if you want to be tracked people almost always said no

      • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        They’re probably the most installed application worldwide. Definitely the most installed social media application worldwide

        Of course they are. Facebook comes pre-installed with no way to actually uninstall it.