‘Facebook’s Internet.org May Be A Poisoned Chalice’ – ‘ReadWrite’
Matt Asay says, “There is no free lunch, goes the saying. As it turns out, there is no free Internet, either.
Facebook, to its credit, launched Internet.org to try to bring free Internet access to people in emerging economies who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Along the way, the company has made all sorts of compromises to ensure it can afford to offer the service, as ReadWrite reports.
But one massive compromise has nothing to do with cost, and everything to do with Facebook’s business model: Users get Internet access in exchange for their personal data, more data than even Western consumers are used to giving“.
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