Look, I’m a cheerleader for technology, and even some level of social networking. But damnit, I don’t want Facebook connecting to everything I’m doing. I don’t want my actions online, posted to a board somewhere else. I want balkanization, compartmentalization, privacy.
Zuckerbergs idea that we’re happier when the world knows when I go to the bathroom or BBQ a burger is bunk. Maybe I’m just too old. But, now I can’t subscribe to Spotify [for the moment], nor Turntable.fm [an idea I had 15 years ago but because I don't have pull, it never came to be].
Both of those sites/services require a Facebook login. Ridiculous. If you are going to make a service, let it garner customers from any source and don’t require only one because than you aren’t an independent company. You are at the whim of the one providing your customers. If they are paying you for each customer, awesome. Disclose that price and see if customers will pay it so they don’t have to be yet another profit source for Facebook.
Now, I don’t have anything against a service wanting to get as many customers as possible. I disagree with the Zuckerberg model that everyone and every damn little action should be public and everyone interconnected and stored in a single database. It is disgusting.
Ugh. So, in this instance, what I usually would do [protest with my wallet], I can’t do because they don’t even want someone who isn’t following the Facebook party line.
Whatever… I guess I’ll listen to Pandora and Rdio.