Meta now lets you block Instagram from collecting your data - SamMobile (www.sammobile.com)
from ijeff@lemdro.id to technology@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 2023 12:09
https://lemdro.id/post/2378310

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2378301 (!android@lemdro.id)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2377997 (!meta@lemdro.id)

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[deleted] on 18 Oct 2023 12:13 next collapse

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cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 2023 12:31 collapse

You need to start opening ur piehole re:the Pihole question

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca on 18 Oct 2023 12:22 next collapse

But Meta forces you to have an account to view content, which is already privacy-invading enough.

And shame on the businesses and organizations who only use these platforms to update their customers/members.

ijeff@lemdro.id on 18 Oct 2023 12:23 next collapse

We need a nitter for everything.

kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com on 18 Oct 2023 14:48 collapse

We have a lot of them tbf libredirect.github.io

ijeff@lemdro.id on 18 Oct 2023 16:46 collapse

I use lots of these but I don’t think we have one for Instagram though, no?

kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com on 18 Oct 2023 19:53 next collapse

There used to be one called Bibliogram, but they stopped development a while ago bibliogram.art

EngineerGaming@feddit.nl on 18 Oct 2023 21:32 next collapse

I use Picuki for it.

nave@lemmy.zip on 18 Oct 2023 22:07 collapse
Polkira@kbin.social on 18 Oct 2023 16:04 collapse

It's like every business in my city, I hate it. Want to check out a restaurants menu before trying it out? Look on Facebook. Need to call a business or check holiday hours? Contact info is on Facebook. Makes not having Facebook a huge barrier. Heck even my union basically only communicates over Facebook aside from the occasional email. 😑

Substance_P@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 2023 17:20 next collapse

My thoughts and frustrations exactly.

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca on 18 Oct 2023 19:22 collapse

I can’t join our local BIKE CLUB because they only post events, and group happenings on FB, and I refuse to get back on that platform.

Any company or org that claims to be accessible needs to stop posting exclusively on locked-in social media platforms. That’s the opposite of accessible.

Polkira@kbin.social on 18 Oct 2023 21:16 collapse

Ugh right? I'd love to join a local plant club but they're all only on Facebook.

TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 2023 16:13 next collapse

The company known for stealing and selling your data is giving the option to not do it? Yeah right! Placebo switch. Meta: “Turn it on and hope we don’t sell your data anyway because there is no law saying we cant and we will just get a small easy to pay fine for it anyway if there is.”

MDZA@feddit.uk on 18 Oct 2023 17:28 next collapse

I’m sure this is entirely out of Meta’s concern for user privacy and not the looming EU regulations on tracking required to be opt in rather than opt out.

tabular@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 2023 19:55 collapse

The benovolence.

ram@bookwormstory.social on 18 Oct 2023 21:22 collapse

So, what if they purposely turn your feeds to shit, and have an obnoxious ad at the top of every screen saying:
Don’t like your feed? Change your privacy settings to make it more personalised!

vector_zero@lemmy.world on 19 Oct 2023 04:32 collapse

YouTube does exactly that if you disable your watch history. Or rather, they just disable video recommendations on your home page altogether.