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In a better world, I might hope for this to be the beginning of the end for social media and online ads. In this one, well…

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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 181 points 5 months ago (11 children)

My experience with my friends and family:

I left Facebook a long time ago and never looked back.

[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was the last of my immediate family on Facebook, and I only stuck around to keep in touch with a couple hobby groups. I decided to cut the cord once Zuck went mask-off, and honestly I haven't regretted it. The family group text is still chugging along fine, and most of the people I actually want to talk to are on other platforms at this point.

I don't blame anybody who feels like they have to keep Facebook to stay in touch with loved ones... but man, it feels good not to have that spammy time suck on my phone anymore.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 5 months ago

Never bothered with the app to begin with, the mobile website works just fine.

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