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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Sounds a lot like the IMF!
Geee sounds a lot like how world coin operated with eyeball scanner 🤨
IMF and World Bank playbook
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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I heard about this 15 years ago. I guess the media doesn't want us to know.
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.
AOL never did that.
zuckerberg is the global coup-primer guy. probably.
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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Getting people online isn't because it's out of the goodness of the companies hearts
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Net neutrality
India was able to avoid this due to many people being aware of the concept of net neutrality..


CNET
Why India snubbed Facebook's free Internet offer
The social media giant wanted to give the people of India free access to a chunk of the Internet, but the people weren't interested.
#tollgate would be a good competitor to get up and running for this.
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
Damn if AOL could see what they missed out on…
@NaKojnu tole je pa zanimivo
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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It's L. Bob Rife's the Raft #snowcrash
Its like the new-age AOL lol
Yep. Terrible.
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