all the above points are the symptoms of a greater problem that is endemic to our (supposed) modern culture - that being the fact that the vast majority of people simply cannot, do not or will not think things through to their logical conclusion. This is the way that those who run things want it. It benefits the elite few - whether in politics, business or banking - at the expense and peril of the masses of everyday working people who are not billionaires or powerful government functionaries.
There is something inherently obnoxious, offensive, unethical and immoral about a billion dollar social media entity unilaterally deciding that it has the right to take over the images and the rights of photographers - be they hobbyists or working professionals - and exploit their intellectual property for the benefit of the social media entity with no prior permission from the photographer, no credit to the photographer and no financial compensation paid to the creator of the images.
In spite of the provisos and user agreements in which such activity is couched, it is nothing other than theft being perpetuated by a handful of super rich executives at the expense of the "little people."
Only a fool would volunteer to be exploited and abused by such an arrogant and obnoxious arrangement.
JMHO and yes, I know - I sound like a bitter, old coot. I've been called worse and survived. 😀
Sometimes the truth is bitter medicine.
