Facebook's hyper agressive growth strategy includes targeting fresh internet users in poor countries where most people access internet via mobile. They partner with local mobile operators to offer 'free unlimited data' for accessing Facebook and its ecosystem, while the rest of the internet is 'paid.' For most of the new internet users, Facebook is the internet. It's the most efficient data harvesting operation, maybe ever.

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IMF and World Bank playbook
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Facebook's hyper agressive growth strategy includes targeting fresh internet users in poor countries where most people access internet via mobile. They partner with local mobile operators to offer 'free unlimited data' for accessing Facebook and its ecosystem, while the rest of the internet is 'paid.' For most of the new internet users, Facebook is the internet. It's the most efficient data harvesting operation, maybe ever.
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First we agree & this isn’t directed at you. Just my feels considering … The irony of people in US getting upset 😭 FFS 🙈 most willingly fed the #AI the last 20 years or more.
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drea 1 year ago
zuckerberg is the global coup-primer guy. probably.
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Facebook's hyper agressive growth strategy includes targeting fresh internet users in poor countries where most people access internet via mobile. They partner with local mobile operators to offer 'free unlimited data' for accessing Facebook and its ecosystem, while the rest of the internet is 'paid.' For most of the new internet users, Facebook is the internet. It's the most efficient data harvesting operation, maybe ever.
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f 1 year ago
Getting people online isn't because it's out of the goodness of the companies hearts View quoted note →
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Dylan 1 year ago
I do find it alarming. I was in Costa Rica last month and every billboard and advertisement locals would have their Whatsapp number as contact info No counter party risk there… nope
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Ry 1 year ago
Damn if AOL could see what they missed out on…
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En kojn 1 year ago
@NaKojnu tole je pa zanimivo
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Facebook's hyper agressive growth strategy includes targeting fresh internet users in poor countries where most people access internet via mobile. They partner with local mobile operators to offer 'free unlimited data' for accessing Facebook and its ecosystem, while the rest of the internet is 'paid.' For most of the new internet users, Facebook is the internet. It's the most efficient data harvesting operation, maybe ever.
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El Guirri 1 year ago
CR is 100% captured in that regard. I closed my fb over 10 years ago. Move to CR only to find merchants don't have web pages. All just FB. All communication is whatsapp