anita on Nostr: Same with WhatsApp in many African countries … you get free „internet“ which ...

Same with WhatsApp in many African countries … you get free „internet“ which only consists of Meta products.

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Facebook's hyper agressive growth strategy includes targeting fresh internet users in poor countries where most people access internet via mobile.

They partner with local mobile operators to offer 'free unlimited data' for accessing Facebook and its ecosystem, while the rest of the internet is 'paid.'

For most of the new internet users, Facebook is the internet. It's the most efficient data harvesting operation, maybe ever.