It’s not prohibitive but an obstacle. Facebook can build neural networks to automate legal obligations and it can hire lawyers to minimize damage when they fail.
Yes, it is true, but I would love to see how it will work
Everybody can try though to build a new social media but nobody will.
You are right, but I suspect that you don’t understand the real reason, which is not the rules but the fact that a social media need users and it is difficult to make people leave the current ones. After all, before Facebook there was MySpace and after Facebook there will be something else.
it is difficult to make people leave the current ones.
That comes on top. Without legal risks we would have 10 alternatives and one would succeed.
There are Lemmy and Mastodon. There is/was Diaspora and Minds and probably a lot more, both as Facebook replacement and Twitter/Instagram replacement. There are alternatives for Youtube.
So, cleared that some alternative is present, I would argue that the switch is the biggest problem.
before Facebook there was MySpace and after Facebook there will be something else.
No, because these legal obligations are the moat that defends Facebook.
Assuming the moat will will never change, yes. Maybe.
Facebook is an advertising platform first. That’s almost impossible to recreate.
Yes, the switch is the most difficult part. Somebody has to invest billions with a minimal chance of success. The existing networks are deeply entrenched.
Yes, it is true, but I would love to see how it will work
You are right, but I suspect that you don’t understand the real reason, which is not the rules but the fact that a social media need users and it is difficult to make people leave the current ones. After all, before Facebook there was MySpace and after Facebook there will be something else.
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That comes on top. Without legal risks we would have 10 alternatives and one would succeed.
No, because these legal obligations are the moat that defends Facebook.
Facebook is an advertising platform first. That’s almost impossible to recreate.
There are Lemmy and Mastodon. There is/was Diaspora and Minds and probably a lot more, both as Facebook replacement and Twitter/Instagram replacement. There are alternatives for Youtube.
So, cleared that some alternative is present, I would argue that the switch is the biggest problem.
Assuming the moat will will never change, yes. Maybe.
Like it was MySpace before.
Yes, the switch is the most difficult part. Somebody has to invest billions with a minimal chance of success. The existing networks are deeply entrenched.