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This is not even the fault of users. As a user, I want to get to the webpage I'm opening. I'll do whatever it takes to quickly reach there. I think "what's the worst they could have written". After all I haven't paid them anything. Expecting free users of Facebook to analyze a prompt on screen and legally consent to it is utter stupidity. Most people believe that clicking a checkbox isn't even legally binding.

In other words I know that clicking on a Facebook dialog box saying "you agree to give us 50% of your income" is meaningless and so I will click on it and use the website.




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