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Is Facebook monopoly any worse than having multiple actors in the data collection field? If anything, having more competitors would push each to be more cunning in their collection and retention of data, to appear more valuable to stakeholders.

One evil is better than two.



Or having more competitors would push them to ask for data portability and thus transparency.


Data portability (and careless, incentivised users) is what started the Cambridge Analytica scandal.


Portability meaning here moving data, not copying or sharing data.


I’m not sure that I am grasping the distinction you are making.




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