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I like my iPhone. I've got nothing against Macs but I prefer Linux/x86. Facebook can die in a fire and the world would be better off. I was barely using my a

I like my iPhone. I've got nothing against Macs but I prefer Linux/x86. Facebook can die in a fire and the world would be better off. I was barely using my account before and I deleted it 4 years ago after all the Cabridge Analytica stuff came out. I haven't missed it at all. In fact I think my mental health improved.

AlexandrB 4y ago
I agree. Apple might need some regulatory action, but Facebook just needs to go away.
leodriesch 4y ago
That’s the thing with iOS, I feel like it is really built around the user and what the user wants. Less so around what companies want. Users love the product so it grew it’s enormous userbase to what it is today. Companies have to comply to the restrictions that Apple imposes on them, because they can’t miss out on the userbase as their customer. As a user I can’t really think of any guidelines that I’d want to be changed or doors to be opened, I feel like it’s mostly non-users or companies requesting them.
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  I want to be able to use iMessage with Android users. Apple doesn't want me to do that. It is not "built around ... what the user wants."
misiti3780 4y ago
I feel the same way, deleted my account about 5 years ago and dont miss a thing.
fumblebee 4y ago
This x100. Sure, Apple have a disproportionally large power that should be acknowledged and stifled sensibly by regulators, but man do they create truly beautiful products that make my life better in myriad ways. Facebook, on the other hand, maintain a business model that seems to do little but incentivise actions that exhaust ill societal outcomes. It's exhausting (pun intended), and I've certainly felt my mental health crack slightly under the burden of some of their products (not WhatsApp, which is fantastic and I hope isn't integrated further into their ecosystem from a user perspective).
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  > Facebook, on the other hand, maintain a business model that seems to do little but incentivise actions that exhaust ill societal outcomes. Your claim is that people get little value out of Meta's products? I don't know how it is for the older generation, but people of my age (20s) get a ton of value out of instagram. I feel like in our critiques of social media people often forget that generally people like to communicate and share with others online.
- starik36 4y ago
  Depends on how you use it. I've long ago unfollowed anyone that was toxic or political in anyway. So these days I am either looking at someone's new baby, or something someone had for breakfast or vacation photos. And I participate in groups about 3D Printing, my vehicle, my favorite author and a couple of others, which are all entirely constructive. So I get plenty of positive use from FB.
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AlexandrB 4y ago

I agree. Apple might need some regulatory action, but Facebook just needs to go away.

leodriesch 4y ago

That’s the thing with iOS, I feel like it is really built around the user and what the user wants. Less so around what companies want. Users love the product so it grew it’s enormous userbase to what it is today. Companies have to comply to the restrictions that Apple imposes on them, because they can’t miss out on the userbase as their customer. As a user I can’t really think of any guidelines that I’d want to be changed or doors to be opened, I feel like it’s mostly non-users or companies requesting them.

whimsicalism 4y ago
I want to be able to use iMessage with Android users. Apple doesn't want me to do that. It is not "built around ... what the user wants."

misiti3780 4y ago

I feel the same way, deleted my account about 5 years ago and dont miss a thing.

fumblebee 4y ago

This x100. Sure, Apple have a disproportionally large power that should be acknowledged and stifled sensibly by regulators, but man do they create truly beautiful products that make my life better in myriad ways. Facebook, on the other hand, maintain a business model that seems to do little but incentivise actions that exhaust ill societal outcomes. It's exhausting (pun intended), and I've certainly felt my mental health crack slightly under the burden of some of their products (not WhatsApp, which is fantastic and I hope isn't integrated further into their ecosystem from a user perspective).

whimsicalism 4y ago
> Facebook, on the other hand, maintain a business model that seems to do little but incentivise actions that exhaust ill societal outcomes. Your claim is that people get little value out of Meta's products? I don't know how it is for the older generation, but people of my age (20s) get a ton of value out of instagram. I feel like in our critiques of social media people often forget that generally people like to communicate and share with others online.
starik36 4y ago
Depends on how you use it. I've long ago unfollowed anyone that was toxic or political in anyway. So these days I am either looking at someone's new baby, or something someone had for breakfast or vacation photos. And I participate in groups about 3D Printing, my vehicle, my favorite author and a couple of others, which are all entirely constructive. So I get plenty of positive use from FB.
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