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Mark Zuckerberg: Tim Cook is 'Extremely Glib' (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on from the hit-back dept.

A week after Apple CEO Cook said "some well-crafted regulation is necessary " in light of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and that Apple was better off than Facebook because it doesn't sell user data to advertisers, Facebook's CEO has struck back. In an interview published on Monday, he said: "You know, I find that argument, that if you're not paying that somehow we can't care about you, to be extremely glib. And not at all aligned with the truth. The reality here is that if you want to build a service that helps connect everyone in the world, then there are a lot of people who can't afford to pay. And therefore, as with a lot of media, having an advertising-supported model is the only rational model that can support building this service to reach people . . . I don't at all think that means that we don't care about people. To the contrary, I think it's important that we don't all get Stockholm syndrome, and let the companies that work hard to charge you more convince you that they actually care more about you. Because that sounds ridiculous to me."

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  1. Prove it. Give us the choice. by dromgodis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...then there are a lot of people who can't afford to pay. And therefore, as with a lot of media, having an advertising-supported model is the only rational model that can support building this service to reach people...

    I can afford to pay. I doubt that FB make more than $10/year by selling me out, and would easily pay $10/year for the utility of FB if they excluded me from all sell-out activity.

    Just tell us the price and give us the option.

    1. Re:Prove it. Give us the choice. by sinij · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I can afford to pay. I doubt that FB make more than $10/year by selling me out, and would easily pay $10/year for the utility of FB if they excluded me from all sell-out activity.

      You would be foolish to trust FB to not charge you a fee and continue selling your data.

  2. Check out the wording by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check out the wording in the supposed "interview".

    Who uses the phrase "aligned with the truth" in conversation? Or "glib" in the meaning of insincere and shallow... in conversation?

    That quote looks less like an interview response, and more like a carefully crafted press release.

    Other phrases and uncommon construction abound, such as "I don't at all think...", I could expect that in written text that was edited and corrected, but not casually said. "And therefore, as with a lot of media..." is also weird.

    Does he really talk like that?