[vletal]

Yeah. A slippery slope. If you force major apps to comply, smaller apps will pop up.

Not sure if you can win this whack a mole.

[jonathanstrange]

It's like with drug dealing on the streets. If you force dealers off the streets, the deals will take place in private apartments that are much harder to surveil. If you force dealers from large social nets to private social nets or even specialized "underground" apps, the police work is going to be harder, not easier.