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A fairly uncharitable read, I’d argue it states that the platform is acting on the platform’s interest, not the user’s.


Speaking from the standpoint of a user: I consider my attention a scarce resource that needs defending.

To the extent a platform has the same assumption, its interests are aligned with mine.

To the extent a sender does not have this assumption, I want the platform to defend my attention on my behalf.




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