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We knew #Facebook was spying on competing apps via VPN since at least 2017.

Not only that, FB executives used that data to trick founders into thinking Facebook was interested in an acquisition by inviting them to continuous meetings.

Once Zuck had the info he needed, they cut off communication and copied the app's flagship feature.

But that's definitely not what #Meta is doing with #Mastodon. 🙃

#fediverse #ActivityPub

https://archive.ph/2017.11.27-181620/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-copycats-how-facebook-squashes-competition-from-startups-1502293444