I took a five year break for this reason. As I embraced being an artist it seemed the only way to know what is going on locally in my stupid medium-sized Texas town is Facebook. Even local government news was only on Facebook. So if I wanted to find calls for art locally to submit for galleries then I had to join. Luckily with two fences and uBlock Origin the only information they get is by logging any text I put in. It’s a lot of work to try to maintain my privacy though and no official app ever. I use a couple container apps from F-Droid, but they barely work most of the time so it mostly has to be on Desktop. I’ve tried to get a few friends to switch to federated apps and they look at me the same way. Even my partner’s casino job requires a Facebook account because if you want someone to take a shift for you it’s the only way. Also any company news. It should be regulated as a utility.
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Infinity13@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My relatives are using FB as crazy. Like too much. I was telling them how Facebook is tracking and selling users data, thats why i dont use FB and all i have seen in their eyes was wanting me to shut the f*ck up
kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Infinity13@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Exactly. I was looking for renting an appartment. I was looking on specific real estate websites how it should be but my girlfriend found the best one to rent on Facebook. Shouldn’t be like that
Ilgaz@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The real dark, unexplainable and one of the most complex software after Google services is Facebook.apk. No baseless privacy claim that Google promises is valid if one installs and runs Facebook as it isn’t in its nature. Anyone, organisation pushes or even requires an application in today’s age is spyware. The Guardian even says “less ads” and they are supposed to be a bit better guys.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s actually much much worse to use the preload version that came with your phone versus the Play store version. The play store has many rules they force devs to comply with that aren’t true for preloads.
danque@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Same. That look that says:“I don’t care, I dont want to know, I just want to use Facebook”. They have no idea what’s collected and used without their knowledge.
AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They figure looking at funny cat videos is worth the spam. Of course, I like the idea of paying users for their data. If data is the new oil, and we are the oil wells, it’s time they paid for it.
Infinity13@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They say “I have nothing to hide” but talks sh*t about China and comunism 😁