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Help Me To Get Rid Of Meta (facebook) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cosmos_853@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Is There any way to Escape From Meta(facebook) Survilence.

First of All I dont like whatsapp and Asked my contacts to use Signal instead to message me. Some of them did but many didn't because They don't mind their personal data being send to pervy facebook's survilence server. They Say things like "Am I doing Any Crime Then Why Should I Care" and "Only Criminals Will Try To Hide Their Conversation". Its hard to ignore whatsapp as most people will never to make a switch to signal or any other messenger.
Secondly I am tired of telling my friends to stop using Instagram. They are very addicted to it and can't leave its algorithm and slop. I don't use instagram for reels I only use it to communicating with my friends who only DM me reels and posts
Lastly I don't use facebook but many person I know uses it, when I took a look at it I was able surprised to see many unrestricted NSFW content was there under recommendation panel also Saw the same on instagram.

Any Recommended Stratergy To make them ditch Meta ?

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[–] Forsho@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you are really serious about this, then you need to rank whatever you should stop using (meta, google and other shit) by a grade of necessity then act upon that grade ranking.

Below are some examples of what i mean,

Your loved one, mother, father and family use an app, then i would shelf it to be ditched as a last resort (S tier)
your cacual crew and gym friends use instagram, then delete immediately since you check on them whenever you see them.
your work collegues relies on WhatsApp then fuck it and delete immediately, when asked for a reason say i stopped using it, if they need something urgent “just call or reach out via matrix or text”
your girlfriend uses facebook to share stories, tell her that you are deleting your account and she can share her stories on matrix or directly show you on her phone.
your close friends use some shitty Zionist app, tell them clearly that you will not use that anymore and they should also follow your footsteps, but make sure that they can still text you via an alternative tech when needed.

Its a journey that you need to take.

I made such changes when i saw an official UN report clearly stating how most of those tech companies are actively killing children and helping Israel with genocide, tbh from that point i have probably set my priorities right.

I mean if jon from the gym is mad that he can’t send me reels anymore, that is not something i really wieght against being an ad feeder to a company that is helping killing children.

[–] cosmos_853@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Actually when I asked my close ones to switch to the alternative platform and they did it without any further question . But I don't want to force people to change , What can I do is Spread awarness about it.

[–] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

You are looking at this wrong. That is a false dichotomy. You don't need to make your friends stop using the other apps. Just ask them to have both and use Signal to chat with you. What they do other than that is their own business. Sure, educate them, but don't tell them what to do. If they downloaded the other app and you can talk to them there then your good to go delete the other one. Are you worried about missing some post of theirs on it or something? Who cares. You don't need to see peoples lunches.