I was a tech journalist in the early 00’s and I remember writing about that story or one like that.

A similar thing happened with Microsoft, who either delivered or was served the full documentation of some office format printed out. It’s a pretty popular form of malicious compliance, also paying people in bags of coins.

Meta: We’re launching it now with no ads or plans, then we’ll figure out what to do once we hit a billion users

People: Ooh but Meta may not be all bad, let’s just wait and see!

I mean, Meta is totally freely admitting they’re just playing the good guy now and will hit hard once they gain monopoly and can do whatever the fuck they want. How much more clear does it have to get?