Comment on Meta's latest subscription move is an attempt to offset its AI bets

ok_effect@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Instagram and WhatsApp… So hard to get people to stop. Particularly where smaller countries and people who travel are, where WhatsApp is the default phone.

  So shitty.

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  • ok_effect@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If anybody wants to talk to me they’ll have to do it using one of the myriad of ways to keep in touch that don’t involve Meta. I refuse to continue to be their product and help them keep the idea alive that they should somehow be unavoidable. Meta relies entirely on the relational networks of people, so I removed my node from their system and made their product a little worse for anybody interested in engaging with me. Life is better without Meta dopamin/rage addiction anyway.

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    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I also enjoy not being reachable for the majority of people in my life, but for different reasons.

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      • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They are reachable though.

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      • ok_effect@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s the point - you are not unreachable if you’re not hooked up to Meta’s products. Far from it - at least from a European perspective. Threema and Wire are good European alternatives to Messenger, that are actually private. But also, the telephone has been invented, and so has sms and e-mail. The important thing is the human relationship, which continues to exist regardless of the app or technology you use to speak to each other.

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    • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sure, I won’t use anything meta.

      But it can be hard like I said. You want to make an appointment with a doctor, an electrician, flower delivery? They want your WhatsApp. You can’t make an appointment without it. They can’t fill out their billing system. They won’t call you on your phone because your number is long distance.

      Everyone just expects WhatsApp. Makes it hard.

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        As an American the thought of your doctor requiring WhatsApp to communicate with you is just a foreign concept lol

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      • ok_effect@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m sorry, but I’m not sure I understand completely. Why would your phonenumber be long distance to them?

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• Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  WhatsApp has this weird grip on my country’s people, it’s insane.

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• ThunderComplex@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unfortunately yes

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  facebook, instangram,and whatsapp.

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  • ok_effect@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Log out, delete.

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