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Two things: first, this seems like a reasonable response to the breach Facebook committed.

Second, it illustrates the folly behind relying on the continued good will of a 3rd party offering an essentially (or very nearly) free service. If Facebook was licensing EDCs for millions a year, this ban might not have been the first reaction Apple took.



> If Facebook was licensing EDCs for millions a year, this ban might not have been the first reaction Apple took.

Why would Facebook do this, and how?


They can't do it, that's not how Apple's EDC licensing works. I wasn't proposing they should have paid more-- My point was that customers paying for a product have more leverage than those receiving one for free, and so relying on a free product for pieces of your business operations can put you in a tenuous position.




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