It does not matter if you trust them as long as non technical people do. Because HN crowd is less than 1% or people. People trust apple way more than meta.
reply> People trust apple way more than meta.
replyI think it's more a case of the HN crowd trusts Apple way more than Meta.
Meta has ~3.5 billion users while Apple has ~2.5 billion users and Meta is one of their top app developers, which suggests people trust both of these companies way more than they should.
"Trust" and "use the services of" are very different things
replyAgreed, dozens of countries rely on Facebook for even government. Plenty of EU countries for example assume WhatsApp to a point where it's practically non-negotiable if you want to participate in the economy at all.
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