On: How to Delete Facebook and Instagram from Your Lif...

[godelski]

Funny thing. I had basically no problem deleting my facebook. Everyone I still actually wanted to keep in contact I have their numbers (and quite a few I moved to Signal). But some people are EXTREMELY persistent about WhatsApp. Only 2 people on Facebook told me that messanger was the "only" way to contact them. Of my friends that use WhatsApp 90% of them just won't move.

Maybe things will change when Facebook actually starts monetizing the app.

[Rjevski → godelski]

> Maybe things will change when Facebook actually starts monetizing the app.

I feel like Facebook is happy with the status quo, leaving WA ad-free in order to have a persistent backdoor in people’s lives so they can use it to “improve” ads on their other platforms.

WA seems too valuable to burn with ads and stuff.

[SmellyGeekBoy → Rjevski]

> WA seems too valuable to burn with ads and stuff.

Burn? They keep cramming Facebook and Instagram with more and more ads and both of those platforms are still going from strength to strength.

[godelski → Rjevski]

From what I understand they lose money from WA. And isn't this why the original founders left? Because of how FB wanted to monetize it?