[lordhumphrey]

I strongly encourage anyone who finds Meta's repeated crappy behaviour objectionable to delete their accounts on Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Or, at least, to delete as many as they can get away with, given their personal constraints and obligations, and otherwise minimise as much as possible the interactions with this company.

Personally I do somewhere between one and three strikes with companies. Of course I still must use certain things at certain times, but generally a lot of them can be avoided if you develop the habit of looking for other solutions. It's great fun, actually, once you accept the challenge.

It's only a small action, but it's good on a personal level to practice any kind of resisting.

[Self-Perfection]

And I encourage anyone who cannot delete their WhatsApp due to personal constraints to set WhatsApp profile picture to QR code with the link to their preferred messenger and set name in profile to "W̶h̶a̶t̶s̶A̶p̶p̶ Telegram".

[cedws]

Meta has a monopoly on socialisation, if you delete these apps it does have a detrimental effect on your social network. I refused to use any Meta apps for the longest time but eventually caved on using Instagram and it has given me the ability to connect with people more, even though I hate it.

[Ianjit]

"Meta has a monopoly on socialisation". Step out into the world, there is so much to discover.