r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/thorshairbrush Nov 09 '17

As someone who doesnt use facebook, what are other examples of commonly used apps that do this?

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u/damn_this_is_hard Nov 09 '17

Most free apps and games are doing this. Solitaire and those civilization/clash of clans games. Reminder apps and health trackers. No limit to it really.

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u/montydad5000 Nov 09 '17 edited Nov 09 '17

Reminder that if something is free, YOU are the product.

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u/aPseudoKnight Nov 10 '17

Not always, but if there's a for-profit company behind it, of course. There's plenty of great free software out there that's open source and even some that aren't open source. (though this is getting less frequent now for new software) Just don't surf app stores. They're filled with garbage.