Or just stop using Meta services all together.
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Ok, let me just cut off my entire family and friend circle out of my life just to stick it to some corpo that doesn't even care about me. I sure showed 'em!
I mean god forbid using regular text and phone with them is out of the question.
It is for most scenarios in my life. And in many peoples' lives I will wager.
For the people that are abroad I'd have to pay to call/text them each time, and I can't even send them pictures/videos in a convenient way (no, convincing everyone to use signal just to talk to me is not happening)
And when my family/friends share photos/videos of important events in their lives that I care about I'd just have to accept I'll be the only one missing out and be that awkward guy at family gatherings that's all out of the loop.
And when my family is organizing events I would be the only one left out and have to convince someone to text/call me because I don't want to be in the chat, being an inconvenience to everyone and also losing much of my input.
And I'm not even gonna mention how most workplaces and business expect you to be on WhatsApp.
And what would I get in return for being off WhatsApp? Nothing, that's what. I'd just be seen as the weirdo that never wants to interact with anyone online.
Do I like meta? No. But avoiding everything they touch is not worth being a nuisance to everyone else around me. I've just learned to suck it up like most people do. It's not ideal but it's absolutely unrealistic to expect most people to get off whatsapp/messenger when everyone has been on it for like a decade now. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.
While friends and family points are valid....
And I'm not even gonna mention how most workplaces and business expect you to be on WhatsApp.
What sort of clown job requires you to use whatsapps lol
Are they supplying you with a device when they "require" this?
And what would I get in return for being off WhatsApp? Nothing
That's rich as you posted this in a privacy sub... lol
It is unfortunate that in my country, you pretty much have to use WhatsApp as it's so common there.
SMS is less secure and arguably less private.
And RCS on top of not being available in a lot of places, is a closed standard, no matter how Google tries to spin it.
No it's not. Get the spec here: https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/networks/rcs/universal-profile/#download
Okay, and now find a messaging app that supports RCS that isn't Google or Samsung messages.
Being stuck to 2 apps, one of which is OEM exclusive sure defeats the point, now doesn't it?
Here's a demo one that works on rooted Android: https://github.com/Hirohumi/RustyRcs/
(Also iOS 18+ Messages lol)
It's not RCS's fault Google locks down the API on their OS.
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and all the things you find on this list, too
Direct link to the page in question
https://accountscenter.facebook.com/info_and_permissions/off_facebook_activity/
Thanks :)
And thank you, I wasn't aware of that option :)
And, of course, they want you to login or sign up to be able to read that page.
It physically hurts me to say anything in facebook’s defence, but to be fair this is an account centre link to an account config page
I get that, and it makes sense. What pisses me off is that this is the type of information all users should have access to before they decide to sign up or not.
That sneaky shit is what made me start on the track of removing myself from all the mainstream networks out there.
darn. hidden in such a place!
and I couldn't believe what I found in there. Apparently MongoDB, which I use only for my work, linked me with my facebook account. This is crazy.
Thank you for the tip, but is there any way to delete the activity data from Meta after de-linking?
I cleared it before I had a chance to look through properly. There should be a menu option when you look at the list
if I recall correctly, there is a separate link in the same settings area for deleting any data stored from off-site partners.
there isn't, but as others have replied you can hide it from yourself
Just opted out myself but there was a print saying that they will collect all that data anyway but it will be disconnected from our account. Like wtf is that even supposed to mean?
Thank you! That was helpful to know
Is this also on WhatsApp? I got all the other Meta junk off my phone except that, since I need it for some family abroad
I think it is since it was a similar interface across the 2 I checked, but I don't have WhatsApp installed to check that one
Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely will do it myself. I do wonder if this is like the crosswalk button that only give pedestrians the illusion of changing the light