Comment by forward1

Why do they need to confirm an already known fact: FAANG platforms are built to spy on users? We've known about this fact for at least a decade since the Snowden revelations.

Nothing has materially changed since then, technically, politically, legally, or even culturally. Yet people still believe for-profit corporations have their best interests in mind, thanks to clever marketing and groupthink, clutching to "encrypted apps" and empty "we value your privacy" double-speak: neither will defend you.

There is no privacy on proprietary closed source platforms - it is simply infeasible; it is trying to squeeze blood from a stone. I know this truth will likely trigger and upset people with their $1,000+ iPhones, MacBooks and other iToys, and this sunk cost fallacy is really pathetic to witness in grown adults.