Reality Labs isn’t doing well either.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260430114208/https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
Reality Labs isn’t doing well either.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260430114208/https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
One of them was me. I only used facebook for marketplace. Went to renew my listings one day and it asked me for
ageID verification to relist a Pink Floyd boxed set. I then instantly deleted my account.I’m still mad how they gutted Craigslist just to scam even harder.
I genuinely think the constant spam posts on craigslist is literally a meta op.
Better late than never I guess.
lol. I guess the balance is: how much liability will we dissipate with age verification legislation vs. How many marginal users will we lose, vs how normalised will ID become?
ID circumvention will be mainstream, and by extension so will tech services that don’t try and comply with laws. Identity theft fear alone will drive this even among the “I have nothing to hide” crowd. The early adopters will be the under 18 crowd who will universally as a rule need ID circumvention to even use services, and won’t forget how
Vs how much liability they pick up when they get sued for data breaches resulting in notnjust usernames and passwords but driver’s licences and passports