Haven't ever had a Facebook account, but I've encountered the deactivation-deletion dark pattern before, most recently on Twitch. I think, it's a matter of the

Haven't ever had a Facebook account, but I've encountered the deactivation-deletion dark pattern before, most recently on Twitch. I think, it's a matter of them being required by law (won't be the case in all countries) to have true account deletion, but then they try to deflect as many users as possible from actually deleting their accounts by having an account deactivation option and having it in a far more prominent place.