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		marricks on Oct 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta Quest Pro I don’t think “progressing in a field” is worthy of applause if you’re just going to use that progress to hurt people. Technology doesn’t just magically make peoples lives better, sorry but the cats out of the bag on that one.

pcthrowaway on Oct 12, 2022 [–]

Not defending Facebook, but that is essentially what capitalism is, and virtually all "successful" companies follow the same path.

I get how someone who doesn't question it or doesn't object to it could be confused by the hate for facebook.

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