Was Facebook's Decision to Cut Off Third-Party Developers Genuinely Virtuous?
Link[PLACEHOLDER: Public writing questioning Facebook’s motivations for restricting third-party data access.]
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In the wake of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook framed its API restrictions as a privacy measure. But this narrative obscures a simpler truth: closing third-party access while maintaining proprietary data monopoly is a power consolidation move dressed up as user protection.