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0 pointstambourine_man1y ago0 comments

Praising is good. Gratitude is a bit much. They got this big by selling user generated content and private info to the highest bidder. Often through questionable means.

Also, the underdog always touts Open Source and standards, so it’s good to remain skeptical when/if tables turn.

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sheepscreek1y ago

All said and done, it is a very expensive and balsy way to undercut competitors. They’ve spent > $5B on hardware alone, much of which will depreciate in value quickly.

Pretty sure the only reason Meta’s managed to do this is because of Zuck’s iron grip on the board (majority voting rights). This is great for Open Source and regular people though!

wrsh071y ago

Zuck made a bet when they provisioned for reels to buy enough GPUs to be able to spin up another reels-sized service.

Llama is probably just running on spare capacity (I mean, sure, they've kept increasing capex, but if they're worried about an llm-based fb competitor they sort of have to in order to enact their copycat strategy)

tambourine_manOP1y ago

At Meta level, spending $5B to stay competitive is not balsy. It’s a bargain.

fractalf1y ago

Well, he didn't do it to be "nice", you can be sure about that. Obviously they see a financial gain somewhere/sometime

jart1y ago

I'm perfectly happy with them draining the life essence out of the people crazy enough to still use Facebook, if they're funneling the profits into advancing human progress with AI. It's an Alfred Nobel kind of thing to do.

kataklasm1y ago

It's not often you see a take this bad on HN. Wow!

You are aware Facebook tracks everyone, not just people with Facebook accounts, right? They have a history of being anti-consumer in every sense of the word. So while I can understand where you're coming from, it's just not anywhere close to being reality.

If you want to or not, if you consent or not, Facebook is tracking and selling you.

jart1y ago

Oh no! Facebook knows who I am!

No they are not selling me. How can they sell my attention to advertisers when I don't look at their ads? How can they influence me if I don't engage with their algorithm? You're the one who's trying to sell me your fear and mistrust.

ricardo811y ago

>selling user generated content and private info to the highest bidder

Was always their modus operandi, surely. How else would they have survived.

Thanks for returning everyone else;s content and never mind all the content stealing your platform did.

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sheepscreek1y ago

All said and done, it is a very expensive and balsy way to undercut competitors. They’ve spent > $5B on hardware alone, much of which will depreciate in value quickly.

Pretty sure the only reason Meta’s managed to do this is because of Zuck’s iron grip on the board (majority voting rights). This is great for Open Source and regular people though!

wrsh071y ago

Zuck made a bet when they provisioned for reels to buy enough GPUs to be able to spin up another reels-sized service.

tambourine_manOP1y ago

At Meta level, spending $5B to stay competitive is not balsy. It’s a bargain.

fractalf1y ago

Well, he didn't do it to be "nice", you can be sure about that. Obviously they see a financial gain somewhere/sometime

jart1y ago

kataklasm1y ago

It's not often you see a take this bad on HN. Wow!

If you want to or not, if you consent or not, Facebook is tracking and selling you.

jart1y ago

Oh no! Facebook knows who I am!

ricardo811y ago

>selling user generated content and private info to the highest bidder

Was always their modus operandi, surely. How else would they have survived.

Thanks for returning everyone else;s content and never mind all the content stealing your platform did.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse