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		cbisnett on June 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers Given the privacy issues and general data hoarding by Facebook, giving them additional access to purchase history and account balances seems like it’s going to make the problem worse without much upside.

tjpnz on June 13, 2019 | [–]

Precisely why they're doing this.

qrbLPHiKpiux on June 13, 2019 | [–]

WeChat v2.0

stcredzero on June 13, 2019 | [–]

WeChat reduces the iPhone to "The thing we run WeChat on." It acts to commodify the iPhone. If Facebook is going to become another WeChat, this is just about the last thing that Apple wants!

delfinom on June 14, 2019 | | [–]

Hilariously, Apple is the most likely candidate to ban it and release their own.

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