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Antidotal (likely an outlier) but I’ve slowly deleted social apps (Facebook, Twitter, insta) in favor of using their mobile sites. My reasoning is three fold: mobile sites are pretty good, it’s harder for companies to mine my data in a browser, and honestly storage on my 16gig iPhone is far too valuable for a 300mb app!! I’m 18 (aka young and woke) btw.

Side point: I still need Snap’s app but I’ve considered quitting altogether bc it’s barely usable on my 6S. If battery is < 10% my phone will die if I open SC




> it’s harder for companies to mine my data in a browser

I agree with this but I'm curious: What protection measures do you take to prevent companies from mining your data in browsers?




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