> it would hopefully keep Facebook at bay (there's no way Facebook can convince people broadly to do such a thing)
I bet Facebook would be able to get users to do it. "Sorry, you can't see this photo from your friend until you upgrade your iPhone by following these instructions." You refuse and your friends stop including you in activities. You basically get peer pressured into doing what a large corporation says.
(I actually wonder why they don't sell peer pressure as a service. "If you don't pay your balance due of $123.45 by 7/1, we'll message your friends saying that you're a deadbeat." Maybe I should patent that before someone else does, because it sounds horrible.)
I bet Facebook would be able to get users to do it. "Sorry, you can't see this photo from your friend until you upgrade your iPhone by following these instructions." You refuse and your friends stop including you in activities. You basically get peer pressured into doing what a large corporation says.
(I actually wonder why they don't sell peer pressure as a service. "If you don't pay your balance due of $123.45 by 7/1, we'll message your friends saying that you're a deadbeat." Maybe I should patent that before someone else does, because it sounds horrible.)