To be honest I'd rather live in the world where people have an overabundance of care for each other rather than the world where people disregard the well-being of others entirely.
Of course it's not binary, and it shouldn't be binary... but comments like this are hellbent on making it that way. I understand why you feel this way, but the hyperbole doesn't help anyone.
I worked on a site once that had mailing addresses autofilled into an anonymous survey field. It's a big vector for accidentally leaking personal information.
I'd argue that navigating streets is significantly harder than landing a rocket. Space X can land a rocket for example, but fully autonomous cars are still a ways off.
Apple is moving in the opposite direction in macOS, so I wouldn't hold my breath on them choosing to do this whatsoever. Sideloading goes against their entire iOS app philosophy.
This would also mean that Facebook would start sideloading and attempt to circumvent any of the tracking/privacy enhancements they've built in to iOS.
Doesn't Vox consider articles living artifacts and regularly change them as they become more informed? More like a wiki that's meant to be highly relevant in search results?
I'm not saying this is right or wrong, but it's their self-inflicted mode of operation.
Facebook is much much larger than its competitors, which is probably why it's targeted... for most people it is social media. It's the head of the beast.
They won't be punished because relevance is still vastly more important. A news startup isn't going to eat the New York Times' lunch by beating them with performance. Maybe you'll see a little competition at the top, but I'm skeptical... there's not much incentive to do so.
Of course it's not binary, and it shouldn't be binary... but comments like this are hellbent on making it that way. I understand why you feel this way, but the hyperbole doesn't help anyone.