Meta abandoning CrowdTangle during an election year has the same vibe as an officer turning off a body camera right before a confrontation.
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2024
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What a surprise, the company that has been proven to sway the course of elections for profit might well do it again!
That's not fair. They also did it for control!
Don't just sign a petition.
Delete your facebook and instagram.
I did that 8 or 9 years ago, before it was cool.
Nice!
I did not, though my facebook is deleted now. I just got sick of how it was making me miserable every time I opened it, so a year ago I nuked it.
I still have an instagram for my business, but once I have Cara up and running, I'm going to delete all the content there as well.
Finally did it a few months back. I'm slowly degoogling too, although I'm afraid I won't be ready to cut all ties for a bit more time.
It's really sad that tech ended up like this. It all seemed so exciting not that long ago.
Same, doing what I can within my own little slice of the world.
I actually switched to Linux Mint two weeks ago and do 95% of my computing on that OS. (And ANYTHING requiring privacy) I'm a gamer, so I opted for a dual boot, and the only thing I use windows for is playing my games now.
I did the same a couple months ago, though when I built that system I put in two drives for the dual boot... And never got around to installing Windows. I think I'll use the second drive for something else, don't know what yet.
Have had almost no issues with gaming
Glad to hear it!
For me it's been hit or miss. I'm fairly tech savvy and able to work through things with the info on Proton DB, but I've had several games that just simply weren't compatible.
I've been fortunate enough that the games I want to play so far pretty much Just Work
Amen and I think you're preaching to the choir on that one lol
What a stain on humanity Zuckerberg has been.
He took advantage of the Myspace potential and has gone almost unchallenged and unchecked. He needs to pay for his crimes.
Lol just made a little rant about it . Zuck definetly isn't paying up enough and even EU seems not that strong towards them .
If they are capable of taking this decision during such an important time, why would an internet petition change their views? The only way to have them do it is regulation that will hurt their turnover if they don't comply.