Comment on Meta's latest subscription move is an attempt to offset its AI bets
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 hours agoInstagram 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.
ok_effect@feddit.dk 3 hours 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.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 37 minutes 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.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 23 minutes ago
As an American the thought of your doctor requiring WhatsApp to communicate with you is just a foreign concept lol
turdburglar@piefed.social 9 minutes ago
sure but first, as an american, you have to make sure the doctor in question is ‘in network’