[ashwoods]

I think the point is that even though it is called a phone, it is actually a portable super computer, and in many cases the only one people have. We can’t pretend it is only a device we use to call other people, it is the gateway to our digital lives. From banking, access to government services, to connecting to our loved ones and leisure.

[RandoHolmes]

That's irrelevant to the issue at hand. It wasn't even the main gist of my initial comment, but it was the one that got sniped because this is a technical board and people love their "well akshually"'s.

The main gist is that FB is trying to use their customers to bring force to bear on Apple so they can make more money. They don't give a shit about the customers.

And the customers aren't paying more money. Some of us can disagree with Apple's approach to their walled garden without thinking that means FB should be empathized with here.

They're both shitty company's in their own way, but at least Apple isn't putting its customers in the middle of their fight.

THAT was the main gist of my comment, and what no one wanted to actually address.