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I Changed My Mind—Facebook Is a Monopoly WSJ opinion
WSJ OPINION PAGE ^ | Oct. 1, 2021 | Mark Weinstein

Posted on 10/03/2021 11:18:08 AM PDT by RicocheT

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To: RicocheT

Does anybody here use MeWe? If so, what is your experience with it?


21 posted on 10/03/2021 1:01:27 PM PDT by livius
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To: Dave Wright

It’s as if the phone company canceled service to people who talked about things Ma Bell didn’t like.


22 posted on 10/03/2021 1:06:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: algore; kiryandil

Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead

When I went there I got this:

“Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to archive.vn. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

“What can you do about it?

“The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the problem.”


23 posted on 10/03/2021 1:12:51 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Buttons12
"Firefox"

 face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

24 posted on 10/03/2021 1:25:57 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Buttons12

Did Fartfaux give you that warning on post #3?


25 posted on 10/03/2021 1:26:44 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RicocheT

facebruck, the one world government/new world order


26 posted on 10/03/2021 1:36:20 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Buttons12
Firefox was my favorite browser for many, many years - until their garbage software effed me one too many times.

Also, they're a Woke corporation.

27 posted on 10/03/2021 1:39:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Firefox is the default on the device I’m using right now. I usually go with the Mac but not home right now.
There’s an ad blocker on here, and I don’t know when I last saw an ad.


28 posted on 10/03/2021 2:08:35 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: kiryandil

yes


29 posted on 10/03/2021 2:10:10 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Buttons12
archive.vn and the Wayback Machine [archive.org] are the two biggest archiving sites on the Internet.

I'll have to look into Firefox to see if they're doing some gratuitous blocking for their Big Tech pals.

30 posted on 10/03/2021 2:12:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Buttons12
Thanks for checking that!

So, it's the Firefox browser, then - contrary to their protestations.

[I checked with my Brave browser, too. No message.]

31 posted on 10/03/2021 2:18:49 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Buttons12

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/24/expect-an-increase-in-browser-privacy-and-security-warnings/


32 posted on 10/03/2021 2:20:53 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Buttons12

It may be related to a Symantec certificate, but I’m not getting the warning on any of my three browsers.


33 posted on 10/03/2021 2:21:41 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RicocheT; a fool in paradise; acapesket; Baynative; beef; BullDog108; Califreak; cgbg; ...
This is the Farcebook Is Evil ping list.


h/t pookie18's cartoons

Facebook is a perfect example of socialism:
You get it for free but the quality sucks.
You have no say in how it works.
The guy who runs it gets rich.
There's no real competition.
You have no privacy.
And if you say one thing they don't like
they'll shut you up.

If you'd like to be on or off this list, please click Private Reply below and drop me a FReepmail

34 posted on 10/03/2021 2:28:20 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-8)
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To: enumerated

“I feel that I am on a ship of FB fools, in the middle of the ocean, and it’s sinking.”

Me, too. 1/3 of American adults get their primary news via FB. Think abo that fact, alone. 1/3 of potential voters get brainwashed into voting for whoever FB favors. That, my friend, is a stacked deck.


35 posted on 10/03/2021 3:13:42 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: Nailbiter

flr


36 posted on 10/03/2021 3:15:11 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: livius

I don’t like the format of MeWe. A big group of my friends, former Freepers, went from FB (when it started censoring us) to MeWe. I miss my friends, but MeWe is not user friendly, imo. Rather, I’m back to FR. And since I posted this article on FB, I’m probably banned from FB forever now, too.


37 posted on 10/03/2021 3:38:28 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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To: hoe_cake

I did private message my ‘friends’ on FB before I posted the article on the main page. F them. FB has been so harmful to so many people, mainly kids who judged themselves by how many friends they had, bullying, stalking. FB is a phenomenon, yes. But I don’t want that in my life.


38 posted on 10/03/2021 3:41:54 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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To: hoe_cake

Thanks, I just looked at it and I didn’t like it either, for the same reasons you didn’t like it.

I use FB to communicate with friends and family, and I like it because everybody can use it (old, young, etc.). I never discuss politics because I just regard it as a place to put up photos of my travels, my horse, etc. and see other people’s photos of the same.

It’s good for that and if any of my many leftwing friends starts posting leftwing stuff, I just shut them down and tell them I don’t do politics.

But after my brief dip into MeWe, combined with my attempt at Gab (which, say what you want, comes across as anti-Semitic), I think I’ll send a few more bucks to JR.

I realized that FR is my home.


39 posted on 10/03/2021 4:13:05 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius

JR?

Yes, FR is my home, too.


40 posted on 10/03/2021 4:17:29 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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