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by FartyMcFarter 2080 days ago
A monopoly on what? Spamming users with cat videos / baby videos and various other irrelevancies?

I haven't used Facebook for many years and I can contact family and friends just fine. Granted I use WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, but WhatsApp doesn't suffer from censorship (to my knowledge).
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usr1106 2080 days ago
There is no monopoly, but an oligopoly. How comfortably would you avoid all 3 of Apple, Google, and Facebook?

These 3 are very similar in their values, operate under the same legislation. The latter is especially worrying for people not from the US, because foreigners' rights are completely unprotected.

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dotancohen 2080 days ago
Try Telegram. I use neither Facebook nor Whatsapp.

I don't know what Facebook is for, but I'm told that Telegram is a great replacement for Whatsapp and even people who both have Whatsapp seem to prefer Telegram between them.

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