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>Its my data and I should own it.

Then don't give it to them.

>Is this Facebook trolls

I personally don't use facebook, and don't advocate for others to use facebook. If you do use facebook, then you are accepting the deal they have offered you.

>What exactly do we stand to lose if Facebook can't aggregate data on a level akin to a hyper advanced dystopiam government?

This is how facebook makes money, and stronger how they survive as a platform. If they couldn't do this, then more then likely we would lose facebook. I personally don't see this as such a huge loss, but apparently you do.




One of the major complaints about Facebook is their tracking of non-users, of people who haven't accepted any 'deal' nor given them any data - e.g. Facebook is known to do matching of non-users full name with phone numbers and other contact information based on what other people have in their phone contacts, combined with tracking their visits on third-party websites which embed e.g. facebook like buttons.

There are ongoing court cases proving such practices, and Facebook insisting in court that it should be allowed to continue to violate privacy even for people who, like you, have intentionally chosen to avoid Facebook.


As has been explained so many times including my message, you can't opt out. Data collection is beyond that. They take it without you doing anything. It doesn't go away because you ignore it.




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