Mason,
You are preaching a conviced person.
The market share is also important and have to be noticed.
I live in a country where 51% of the people are on Facebook ! Even after
Snowden revelations. And nothing have changed ! It is even worst !
A lot of people don't give a f*** about recognision database by private
companies because of terrorism.
So, as people are always so intrested by the money, I talk about money.
I prefer relying the time people spend on Facebook and the time they can
spend by earning money in exchange of a service as an employee.
Facebook is intresting for them because everyone's on it ! And spend precious
time to make it "intresting" (or sort of when you read the average message
you find on Facebook who are mostly stupid).
They create content !
But is this content creation is making a better world with less chemicals in
food, or a fair-play economy ? No way !
Marketing by big companies and mass surveillance walks together on facebook.
This a fact !