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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

On one hand, this could actually be great, as it would allow me to follow actual Instagram accounts without maintaining a presence on Instagram. Or imagine just giving anyone your Mastodon/whatever Fediverse platform. Meta-owned platforms are really so large that it is really impossible to quit them without losing access to lots of people.

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THIS IS INSANE! THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT ZUCC COLLECTS AND CORRELATES WITH EACH OTHER IS SIMPLY ABYSMAL. IS THERE ANY PIECE OF DATA ABOUT US LEFT OUT THERE THAT THIS BEHEMOTH CANNOT TAKE FROM US WHETHER DUE TO TECHNICAL OR WHATEVER OTHER TYPE OF LIMITATION??? HOW DATA HUNGRY CAN YOU, AS A COMPANY, BE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GONNA DO WITH THOSE GIGANTIC AMOUNTS OF DATA??? JUST GIVE US A BREAK, ZUCC!!!

@ada

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most Fediverse data is public so its very easy to scrape. Facebook wouldnt even have to implement any federation in their own platforms if thats their only goal.

[–] altair222@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

on the other hand, it would be illegal to scrape masto data and use it to profile people for ads. If that geta reported, it could be sued hard

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

When have scammers ever cared if something is legal? And corporations like meta can pay a lot more lawyers than you.

[–] testman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I smell Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.