This consolidation of power is a dream come true for the Big Tech platforms, but it’s a nightmare for users. While the megacorporations get more traffic and a whole lot more user data (read: profit), users are left with far fewer community options and a bland, corporate surveillance machine instead of a vibrant public sphere. The internet we all fell in love with is a diverse and colorful place, full of innovation, connection, and unique opportunities for self-expression. That internet—our internet—is worth defending.
What if the platform you use with your relatives suddenly requires this?
I will stop using it of course. There is a price to pay for not being affected by this. Its not going to be free.
I personally don’t use Instagram already, no need to wait for age verification.
WhatsApp is the one I can’t skip yet, but it they force this shit I’m out.
May I suggest using Signal messenger over WhatsApp.
WhatsApp does use the Signal messaging protocol but I don’t trust meta not to modify their implementation of it.
Signal is a privacy at all costs foundation.
I suggest to my friends and family, but they don’t care. A few will use it, but for groups and such is basically dead
Yeah, that’s the one I am fearing, the enshitification of Whatsapp, I think it already happened in some countries.
I’ve never used WhatsApp and never will. My friends and family can contact me through a number of other ways, and I’m introverted enough that it won’t bother me too much if they don’t.
If my relatives want to talk to me, they can pick up the phone.
Isn’t the phone less private than an encrypted app?