alt Hacker NewsAs an Italian I’d be delighted if Meta upped and left the local market. They’ve done nothing but harm. The fact they stay is proof that our citizens are financially profitable for them, even when (as you point out) they provide software for free, because we are the product.
And yet they refuse to use anything that isn’t “free.” They want to have their cake and eat it too.
It’s really myopic that you think they’ve done nothing but harm. This is the kind of position that’s only supportable if you actually live off-grid. Otherwise, there are thousands of daily benefits to your life created by tech companies. Not without drawbacks, obviously, but the idea that Meta has “done nothing but harm,” is just really childish and unserious thinking.